Whilst welcoming Andrew Reid's revisiting of the justification debate in volumes 2 and 3 of the European Physical Education Review, this paper takes issue with his claim that physical education (PE) can satisfy the knowledge requirements of 'education' without making claims to academic significance on the basis of propositional knowledge of a Hirstian kind. This is not because PE has no educational significance; but because its significance (and also the significance of education) does not lie simply in the pursuit of knowledge. Further, the paper rejects the claim that pleasure is the source of the educational value of physical education.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Alderson, J. and Crutchley, D. (1990). Physical Education and the National Curriculum In Armstrong N. (Ed.). New Directions in Physical Education , Vol.1. London : Human Kinetics.
2.
Hirst, P.H. (1995). Liberal Education and the Nature of Knowledge In Archambault, R.D. (Ed.). Philosophical Analysis and Education, pp.113-138, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
3.
Hirst, P.H. (1979). Human Movement, Knowledge and EducationJournal of Philosophy of Education, 13, pp.101-108.
4.
Hirst, P.H. (1992). Education, Knowledge and PracticesPapers of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, April 26-28.
5.
Parry, J. (1988). Physical Education, Justification and the National CurriculumPhysical Education Review, 11, 2, pp.106-118.
6.
Parry, J. (1997). Ethical Aspects of the Olympic Idea. Proceedings of the 3rd International Session for EducationistsInternational Olympic Academy, Ancient Olympia, Greece.
7.
Peters, R.S. (1965). Education as Initiation In Archambault, R.D. (Ed.). Philosophical Analysis and Education , London: Routledge & Kegan Paul .
8.
Peters, R.S. (1966). Ethics and EducationLondon : Allen and Unwin.
9.
Reid, A. (1996a). The Concept of PE in Current Curriculum and Assessment Policy in Scotland, European Physical Education Review, 2, 1, pp.7-18.
10.
Reid, A. (1996b). Knowledge, Practice and Theory in Physical Education , European Physical Education Review , 2, 2, pp.94-104.
11.
Reid, A. (1997). Value Pluralism and Physical EducationEuropean Physical Education Review, 3, 1, pp.6-20.
12.
Ross, G.M.Parry, J. and Cohen, M. (1993). Philosophy and EnterpriseLeeds: University of Leeds.
