Challenging paradigms: integrating Critical Feminist Service-Learning into Higher Education Physical Activity and Sport programs

Over the past decades, public policies have aimed to promote gender equality and a gender perspective in educational and research settings. However, Higher Education shows significant deficiencies in gender-related training in its curricula. This article aims to define the pedagogical model called C...

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Main Authors: Nuria Cuenca Soto, María Luisa Santos-Pastor, Oscar Chiva-Bartoll, Luis Fernando Martínez-Muñoz
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Published: FEADEF 2024-03-01
Series:Retos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación
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Online Access:https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/retos/article/view/101474
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description Over the past decades, public policies have aimed to promote gender equality and a gender perspective in educational and research settings. However, Higher Education shows significant deficiencies in gender-related training in its curricula. This article aims to define the pedagogical model called Critical Feminist Service-Learning, presenting a series of keys that allow feminist theories to be applied in real-life contexts within the framework of Physical Activity and Sports. This model facilitates educational advancements through transformative approaches that prioritize gender equity and social justice. Focused on the teaching of Physical Activity and Sports, it explores the confluence of various feminist philosophies and theories in Service-Learning, aligning with the principles of feminist pedagogies. While recognizing the successes of this Service-Learning approach, a call is made for a text that consolidates and synthesizes this perspective, proposing a clear general model as described here. In contrast to the prevailing model, the traditional charity-oriented Service-Learning that predominates in educational institutions, Critical Feminist Service-Learning includes all participants as beneficiaries. It critiques hierarchical society, recognizes underrepresented groups and voices, moving away from structures that reinforce social orders and structural oppression. The advocated pedagogical model here offers a practical solution to promote gender equality and social justice in educational and research environments, specifically in the context of Physical Activity and Sports, promoting the use of transformative pedagogies in Higher Education. Keywords: Service-Learning, critical feminism, physical activity, sport, physical education, gender perspective, feminism.
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spelling doaj-art-ba9ea15388ad417eae9f2242d834bec42025-08-20T02:39:16ZengFEADEFRetos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación1579-17261988-20412024-03-015210.47197/retos.v52.101474Challenging paradigms: integrating Critical Feminist Service-Learning into Higher Education Physical Activity and Sport programsNuria Cuenca Soto0María Luisa Santos-Pastor1Oscar Chiva-Bartoll2Luis Fernando Martínez-Muñoz3Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Universitat Jaume IUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid Over the past decades, public policies have aimed to promote gender equality and a gender perspective in educational and research settings. However, Higher Education shows significant deficiencies in gender-related training in its curricula. This article aims to define the pedagogical model called Critical Feminist Service-Learning, presenting a series of keys that allow feminist theories to be applied in real-life contexts within the framework of Physical Activity and Sports. This model facilitates educational advancements through transformative approaches that prioritize gender equity and social justice. Focused on the teaching of Physical Activity and Sports, it explores the confluence of various feminist philosophies and theories in Service-Learning, aligning with the principles of feminist pedagogies. While recognizing the successes of this Service-Learning approach, a call is made for a text that consolidates and synthesizes this perspective, proposing a clear general model as described here. In contrast to the prevailing model, the traditional charity-oriented Service-Learning that predominates in educational institutions, Critical Feminist Service-Learning includes all participants as beneficiaries. It critiques hierarchical society, recognizes underrepresented groups and voices, moving away from structures that reinforce social orders and structural oppression. The advocated pedagogical model here offers a practical solution to promote gender equality and social justice in educational and research environments, specifically in the context of Physical Activity and Sports, promoting the use of transformative pedagogies in Higher Education. Keywords: Service-Learning, critical feminism, physical activity, sport, physical education, gender perspective, feminism. https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/retos/article/view/101474Service-LearningCritical FeministPhysical ActivitySportPhysical EducationGender Perspective
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Challenging paradigms: integrating Critical Feminist Service-Learning into Higher Education Physical Activity and Sport programs
Retos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación
Service-Learning
Critical Feminist
Physical Activity
Sport
Physical Education
Gender Perspective
title Challenging paradigms: integrating Critical Feminist Service-Learning into Higher Education Physical Activity and Sport programs
title_full Challenging paradigms: integrating Critical Feminist Service-Learning into Higher Education Physical Activity and Sport programs
title_fullStr Challenging paradigms: integrating Critical Feminist Service-Learning into Higher Education Physical Activity and Sport programs
title_full_unstemmed Challenging paradigms: integrating Critical Feminist Service-Learning into Higher Education Physical Activity and Sport programs
title_short Challenging paradigms: integrating Critical Feminist Service-Learning into Higher Education Physical Activity and Sport programs
title_sort challenging paradigms integrating critical feminist service learning into higher education physical activity and sport programs
topic Service-Learning
Critical Feminist
Physical Activity
Sport
Physical Education
Gender Perspective
url https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/retos/article/view/101474
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