For decades, physical education (PE) scholars have called for a change to how PE is conceptualised and enacted, highlighting that its current (and persistent) form and focus – organised around physical activities and sports – are not fit for purpose. Much of this change-oriented discourse highlights what is wrong with PE, leading to suggestions about how PE should change in and for the future, for example, by adopting critical approaches and connecting more to the lives of young people. While we do not disagree with these perspectives and ideas, it is important to note that, in general, they have had little impact on PE curricula or pedagogy. In this paper, we suggest an alternative, strengths-based approach. Drawing from discussions with a range of professionals from the PE community (teachers, undergraduate and postgraduate pre-service teachers and teacher educators) across five national contexts – Canada, England, Ireland, Norway and Scotland – we generated narratives about ‘what's right with PE’. The narratives highlighted that PE can be ‘fit for purpose’ when it connects to the wider school and community, when everyone has a shared understanding of its purpose, and when PE teachers enact a broad, holistic and inclusive curriculum. We present the narratives as a reflective tool, encouraging all professionals within the PE community to consider how they align with (or against) their current experiences. We hope that these reflections facilitate critical thinking and problem solving to ensure that the subject is (and remains) fit for purpose now and in the future.

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体育的正确之处：探索体育中的积极叙事

几十年来，体育 （PE） 学者一直呼吁改变体育的概念和实施方式，强调其当前（和持续）的形式和重点——围绕体育活动和运动组织——并不适合目的。这种以变革为导向的讨论在很大程度上强调了体育的问题所在，从而提出了关于体育在未来应该如何改变的建议，例如，通过采用批判性方法并与年轻人的生活建立更多联系。虽然我们并不反对这些观点和想法，但重要的是要注意，总的来说，它们对体育课程或教学法的影响很小。在本文中，我们提出了一种替代的、基于优势的方法。通过与加拿大、英格兰、爱尔兰、挪威和苏格兰五个国家背景下的体育界的一系列专业人士（教师、本科生和研究生职前教师以及教师教育工作者）的讨论，我们产生了关于“体育的正确之处”的叙述。这些叙述强调，当体育与更广泛的学校和社区建立联系时，当每个人都对其目的有共同的理解时，当体育教师制定广泛、全面和包容的课程时，它可以 “适合目的”。我们将这些叙述作为一种反思工具，鼓励 PE 社区中的所有专业人士考虑他们如何与当前经历保持一致（或反对）。我们希望这些反思有助于批判性思维和解决问题，以确保该主题现在和未来（并且仍然）适合目的。