CRITICAL PEDAGOGY IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION: CONTEMPORARY DILEMMAS AND CHALLENGES

The aim of this paper is to discuss some dilemmas and challenges in critical pedagogy for Physical Education regarding the contemporary cognitive and political landscape. Three main themes organise our discussion. The first one is the status of the notion of "critical" and its possible effects in the social and epistemological sphere. The second topic problematizes the conditions of the normative knowledge in critical pedagogy. The last theme provides a reflection on the "cultural dilemma" of the critical perspectives in Physical Education, represented by the "problem of articulation" between language and body.