Göran Gerdin
Associate Professor
Department of Sport Science
Faculty of Social Sciences
As a physical education teacher and tennis coach, I recognise the ever increasing importance of health and physical activity as a core of wellbeing in our society. I am committed to enabling all people, regardless of age, gender, class and ethnicity, to experience the excitement of participating in a range of health and movement related contexts. By providing opportunities for people to learn in, through and about movement, I believe that physical education and sport are uniquely located to foster a population of active and critical consumers of physical activity in our society.
Teaching
Physical Education Teacher Education
Coaching and Sports Management
Research
Gender, bodies, spaces and pleasures in school Health and Physical Education
Socially-critical perspectives and critical pedagogical approaches in school Health and Physical Education and Physical Education Teacher Education
Youth sport and coaching development
My research groups
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Health, Gender and Embodiment Health, Gender and Embodiment is an interdisciplinary research group consisting of both national and international scholars, including senior researchers and doctoral…
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Physical education and sport in transition The research group addresses educational issues of physical education and sport.
My completed research projects
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Project: Boys, Bodies, and Physical Education: Problematizing Identity, Schooling, and Power Relations through a Pleasure Lens Using visual ethnography, this book explores the many forms of pleasures…
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Project: Critical research in sport, health and physical education: Are we making a difference? The prime aim of this project, is to examine the influence of critical scholarship and critical theory…
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Project: Educating for Equitable Health Outcomes – the Promise of School Health and Physical Education (EDUHEALTH) The project’s primary goal was to make a meaningful contribution to the European…
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
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Gonzalez-Calvo, G., Gallego-Lema, V., Gerdin, G., Bores-Garcia, D. (2022). Body image(s) : Problematizing future physical education teachers' beliefs about the body and physical activity through visual imagery. European Physical Education Review. 28 (2). 552-572.
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Gerdin, G., Pringle, R. (2022). Towards more equal power relations in physical education : power, resistance and social transformation. Sport in Society : Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce. 25 (6). 1193-1210.
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Modell, N., Gerdin, G. (2022). 'Why don't you really learn anything in PEH?' - Students' experiences of valid knowledge and the basis for assessment in physical education and health (PEH). European Physical Education Review.
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Modell, N., Gerdin, G. (2022). ‘But in PEH it still feels extra unfair’: students’ experiences of equitable assessment and grading practices in physical education and health (PEH). Sport, Education and Society. 27 (9). 1047-1060.
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Linnér, S., Larsson, L., Gerdin, G., Philpot, R., Schenker, K., et al. (2022). The enactment of social justice in HPE practice : how context(s) comes to matter. Sport, Education and Society. 27 (3). 228-243.
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González-Calvo, G., Gerdin, G., Philpot, R., Hortigüela- Alcalá, D. (2021). Wanting to become PE teachers in Spain : connections between previous experiences and particular beliefs about school physical education and the development of professional teacher identities. Sport, Education and Society. 26 (8). 931-944.
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Gerdin, G., Philpot, R., Smith, W., Schenker, K., Mordal Moen, K., et al. (2021). Teaching for Student and Societal Wellbeing in HPE : Nine Pedagogies for Social Justice. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 3.
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Philpot, R., Gerdin, G., Smith, W., Linnér, S., Schenker, K., et al. (2021). Taking action for social justice in HPE classrooms through explicit critical pedagogies. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 26 (6). 662-674.
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Gonzalez-Calvo, G., Garcia-Monge, A., Gerdin, G., Pringle, R. (2021). Making the familiar strange : a narrative about Spanish children's experiences of physical (in)activity to reconsider the ability of physical education to produce healthy citizens. Sport, Education and Society.
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Philpot, R., Smith, W., Gerdin, G., Larsson, L., Schenker, K., et al. (2021). Exploring social justice pedagogies in health and physical education through Critical Incident Technique methodology. European Physical Education Review. (1). 57-75.
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Smith, W., Philpot, R., Gerdin, G., Schenker, K., Linnér, S., et al. (2021). School HPE : its mandate, responsibility and role in educating for social cohesion. Sport, Education and Society. 26 (5). 500-513.
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Lundvall, S., Gerdin, G. (2021). Physical literacy in Swedish physical education and health (PEH) : what is (im)possible in becoming and being physically literate (educated)?. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education. 12 (2). 140-155.
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Gerdin, G., Larsson, L., Schenker, K., Linnér, S., Mordal Moen, K., et al. (2020). Social Justice Pedagogies in School Health and Physical Education — Building Relationships, Teaching for Social Cohesion and Addressing Social Inequities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17. 1-17.
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Gerdin, G., Fahlström, P.G., Glemne, M., Linnér, S. (2020). Swedish Tennis Coaches’ Everyday Practices for Creating Athlete Development Environments. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17 (12). 1-17.
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Moen, K.M., Westlie, K., Gerdin, G., Smith, W., Linnér, S., et al. (2020). Caring teaching and the complexity of building good relationships as pedagogies for social justice in health and physical education. Sport, Education and Society. 25 (9). 1015-1028.
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Gerdin, G., Pringle, R., Crocket, H. (2019). Coaching and ethical self-creation : problematizing the “efficient tennis machine”. Sport Coaching Review. 8 (1). 25-42.
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Schenker, K., Linnér, S., Smith, W., Gerdin, G., Mordal Moen, K., et al. (2019). Conceptualising social justice – what constitutes pedagogies for social justice in HPE across different contexts?. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education. 10 (2). 126-140.
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Gerdin, G., Philpot, R.A., Larsson, L., Schenker, K., Linnér, S., et al. (2019). Researching social justice and health (in)equality across different school health and physical education contexts in Sweden, Norway and New Zealand. European Physical Education Review. 25 (1). 273-290.
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Mooney, A., Gerdin, G. (2018). Challenging gendered inequalities in boys’ physical education through video-stimulated reflections. Sport, Education and Society. 23 (8). 761-772.
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Gerdin, G., Philpot, R., Smith, W. (2018). It is only an intervention, but it can sow very fertile seeds : graduate physical education teachers' interpretations of critical pedagogy. Sport, Education and Society. (3). 203-215.
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Gerdin, G., Hedberg, M., Hageskog, C. (2018). Relative Age Effect in Swedish Male and Female Tennis Players Born in 1998–2001. Sports. 6 (2). 1-12.
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Gerdin, G., Larsson, H. (2018). The productive effect of power : (dis)pleasurable bodies materialising in and through the discursive practices of boys’ physical education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 23 (1). 66-83.
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Gerdin, G. (2017). ‘It's not like you are less of a man just because you don't play rugby' : boys' problematisation of gender during secondary school physical education lessons in New Zealand. Sport, Education and Society. 22 (8). 890-904.
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Gerdin, G. (2017). The ‘Old Gym’ and the ‘Boys’ Changing Rooms’ – The Performative and Pleasurable Spaces of Boys’ Physical Education. Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research. 25 (4 Supplement S). 36S-53S.
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Gerdin, G., Pringle, R. (2017). The politics of pleasure : an ethnographic examination exploring the dominance of the multi-activity sport-based physical education model. Sport, Education and Society. 22 (2). 194-213.
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Gerdin, G. (2016). A ‘Culture of Everyone Doing It’ and ‘Playing Games’ : Discourses of Pleasure in Boys’ Physical Education. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education. 7 (1). 55-75.
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Gerdin, G. (2016). The disciplinary and pleasurable spaces of boys’ PE – The art of distributions. European Physical Education Review. 22 (3). 315-335.
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Gerdin, G., Ovens, A. (2016). Spatializing health work in schools - exploring the complex interconnection of space, health, physical education and masculinity. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. 2. 1-12.
Status: Published
Conference paper (Refereed)
- Gerdin, G., Phipot, R., Smith, W., Schenker, K., Mordal Moen, K., et al. (2021). EDUHEALTH – What have we learnt about pedagogies for social justice and implications for HPE practice. .
- Philpot, R., Smith, W., Gerdin, G. (2021). Pedagogies for social justice in secondary school HPE – Insights from the EDUHEALTH research project 1.0. .
- Philpot, R., Gerdin, G. (2021). Nine pedagogical pillars for social justice in Health and Physical Education.. .
- Gerdin, G., Smith, W., Philpot, R. (2020). Nine pedagogical pillars of social justice in HPE practice. .
- Philpot, R., Gerdin, G., Smith, W. (2020). Social Justice and Physical Education: Advances of the EduHealth Project. .
- Gerdin, G., Philpot, R., Mordal Moen, K., Schenker, K., Larsson, L., et al. (2019). Education for Social Justice – Social Justice Pedagogies in School Health and Physical Education. .
- Gerdin, G., Mooney, A. (2019). (Re)theorising Inclusive Physical Education In Precarious Times : Boys, Masculinities, Wellbeing and Belonging. .
- Gerdin, G., Smith, W., Mordal Moen, K., Westlie, K., Larsson, L., et al. (2018). Researching social justice and health (in)equality across different school health and physical education contexts. .
- Smith, W., Larsson, L., Mordal-Moen, K., Gerdin, G. (2017). EDUHEALTH - Educating for equitable health outcomes in physical education. .
- Redelius, K., Standal, Ø., Larsson, L., Schenker, K., Gerdin, G., et al. (2017). EDUHEALTH - Educating for equitable health outcomes in physical education. : Sweden, Norway and New Zealand in a Horizon 2020 project. (Symposium). Presented at ECER 2017.
- Larsson, L., Schenker, K., Gerdin, G., Linnér, S. (2017). Challenging PETE. Steering mechanisms and teaching logics preserving old traditions. .
- Gerdin, G., Larsson, H. (2017). (Dis)pleasurable boys' bodies materialising in PE. .
- Gerdin, G., Smith, W., Philpot, R. (2015). Physical Education Teacher Education – ’It’s only an intervention, but it can sow very fertile seeds’. Presented at ECER 2015, Education and Transtition. Contributions from Educational Research. Network: 18. Research in Sports Pedagogy.
- Gerdin, G., Pringle, R. (2015). The politics of pleasure : An ethnographic examination exploring the dominance of the multi-activity sport-based physical education model. Presented at ECER 2015, Education and Transtition. Contributions from Educational Research. Network: 18. Research in Sports Pedagogy.
- Gerdin, G. (2014). ‘Sporting' and ‘masculinising' Spaces : The performative and pleasurable spaces of boys' physical education. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE),1-5 December, 2014, Brisbane, Australia.
- Gerdin, G., Smith, W. (2014). Graduate physical education teachers’ enactment of critical pedagogy. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), 1-5 December, 2014, Brisbane, Australia.
- Gerdin, G. (2014). ‘Time with your mates’ the pleasures (and displeasures) of boys’ Physical Education. International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP), 10-13 February, 2014, Auckland, New Zealand.
- Gerdin, G. (2012). The Gendered Spaces and Places of Physical Education. American Educational Research Association, 13-17 April, 2012, Vancouver, Canada.
- Gerdin, G. (2012). Fit, healthy and sporty : the disciplining of boys’ bodies in physical education. Australian Association for Research in Education, 2-6 December, 2012, Sydney, Australia.
- Gerdin, G. (2010). Visual methodologies and masculine performances in physical education. Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines (CEAD),17-19 November 2010, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Book (Refereed)
- Gerdin, G., Smith, W., Philpot, R., Schenker, K., Mordal Moen, K., et al. (2021). Social Justice Pedagogies in Health and Physical Education. London, Routledge.
- Gerdin, G. (2017). Boys, Bodies, and Physical Education: Problematizing Identity, Schooling, and Power Relations through a Pleasure Lens. New York, Routledge.
Chapter in book (Refereed)
- Gerdin, G., Schenker, K. (2021). Democracy, Equity and Social Justice : The constitution of ‘health’ in Swedish physical education and health. Critical Pedagogies in Physical Education, Physical Activity and Health. London, UK, Routledge. 27-39.
- Gerdin, G., Mooney, A. (2019). Pleasure Games (of truth) in Boys’ Schooling – Interrogating Gender and Sexuality through a Pleasure Lens. Exploring Gender and LGBTQ Issues in K-12 and Teacher Education: A Rainbow Assemblage. Charlotte, NC, Information Age Publishing. 53-72.
- Pringle, R., Larsson, H., Gerdin, G. (2018). Introduction : Are We Making a Difference?. Critical Research in Sport, Health and Physical Education : How to make a difference. New York, Routledge. 1-24.
- Philpot, R., Gerdin, G., Smith, W. (2018). Socially-critical PE : The influence of critical research on the social justice agenda in PETE and PE practice. Critical Research in Sport, Health and Physical Education : How to make a difference. New York, Routledge. 134-146.
- Pringle, R., Larsson, H., Gerdin, G. (2018). "What Do We Want? When Do We Want It? Now!" : Some Concluding Observations. Critical Research in Sport, Health and Physical Education : How to make a difference. New York, Routledge. 241-251.
- Gerdin, G. (2014). ‘It’s a bit of a fitness test really’: Boys’ embodied performances of gender in physical education. Education and the Body. Auckland, Edify Ltd. 39-54.
- Gerdin, G. (2013). Boys’ Visual Representations and Interpretations of Physical Education. 40th Anniversary of Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 203-225.
- Gerdin, G. (2012). Visual methodologies and performances of gender in physical education. Changing worlds : Critical voices and new knowledge in education. Auckland, New Zealand, Pearson. 100-112.
Collection (editor) (Refereed)
- Pringle, R., Larsson, H., Gerdin, G. (2018). Critical Research in Sport, Health and Physical Education : How to make a difference. New York, Routledge. 260.
Article in journal (Other academic)
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Linnér, S., Schenker, K., Larsson, L., Gerdin, G. (2015). Några nedslag på AARE-NZARE 2014. Idrottsforskaren. (1). 12-16.
Status: Published
Conference paper (Other academic)
Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
- Gerdin, G. (2014). Boys will be boys? Gendered bodies, spaces and dis/pleasures in Physical Education. Doctoral Thesis. The University of Auckland. 248.