Abstract
This study focuses on what lessons can be learn from the Physical Education Curriculum under the reign of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)? We conducted an unprecedented analysis of the ISIS primary school physical education curriculum. The research objective focuses on describing and analysing the context and philosophy of the document as well as its contents (calligraphy, didactic, pedagogy, learning assessment, among others). We also analysed the general scientific quality of one document examined, the curriculum of physical education, namely fitness preparation addressed to instructor in charge of the education of youth. Our analysis also focuses on the philosophical and contextual issues of the manual. Findings reveal an incomplete and a rapidly developed textbook where several essential elements related to pedagogy, didactics, learning, and assessment are missing or inconsistent. The logic of military preparation under the guise of preparing the student’s physical condition is major without being explicitly mentioned inside lessons. Integration of religious content is present without be affirmed through lessons content. Conclusions argue that the ISIS physical education curriculum appears to be committed to an absolutist/theocratic ideological or propaganda program that, among other things, promotes the preparation of the future soldiers of the ISIS army. Recommendations about secularization and the reconstruction of post-ISIS education systems are formulated.
Presenters
Tegwen GadaisProfessor, Sciences de L'activité Physique, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Quebec, Canada Laurie Decarpentrie
Student, PhD student, Université du Québec à Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2021 Special Focus—Sport and Society in Crisis
KEYWORDS
Education in conflict, Curriculum, Physical Education, Sport, Islamic State, Physical Fitness
