ABSTRACT

This paper discusses key questions of pedagogical hope and courage through non-formal educational activities such as football. We look beyond standard assumptions of sports as a vehicle to stimulate social cohesion and prevent anti-social and criminal behaviour among Aboriginal youth to address core philosophical and pedagogical questions that underpin sporting promotion within underprivileged communities. During the 2014 FIFA World Cup, eight young Aboriginal top-footballers from the town of Borroloola in Australia’s Northern Territory, went to the tournament host country, Brazil, to take part in a range of activities, including spending time with local Indigenous communities. This tour was promoted by the John Moriarty Football initiative. Following the tour, the Aboriginal footballers went back to their community to become sporting leaders and also to continue their football careers. With data gathered from interviews with the central participants of the tour, and by using Freire’s concepts of emancipation through dialogic practices, hope, critical consciousness, and untested feasibility, we look at the Borroloola youths’ football educational activities as a dialogic space where autonomy and citizenship can be enhanced. Employing the Freirean critical dialogue method, the paper unveils the significant connections between non-formal sporting activities and the flourishing of the pedagogy of courage.

摘要

本文通过足球等非正规教育活动讨论了教学希望和勇气的关键问题。我们超越了体育的标准假设，将其视为刺激社会凝聚力和防止土著青年反社会和犯罪行为的工具，以解决支持贫困社区体育推广的核心哲学和教学问题。在 2014 年 FIFA 世界杯期间，来自澳大利亚北领地 Borroloola 镇的八名年轻土著顶级足球运动员前往锦标赛主办国巴西参加了一系列活动，包括与当地土著社区共度时光。此巡回赛由约翰·莫里亚蒂足球队推广倡议。巡回赛结束后，土著足球运动员回到他们的社区，成为体育领袖，并继续他们的足球生涯。通过对巡回赛核心参与者的采访收集到的数据，并利用弗莱雷通过对话实践、希望、批判意识和未经检验的可行性解放的概念，我们将博罗鲁拉青少年的足球教育活动视为一个对话空间，其中自治和公民身份可以提高。本文采用弗莱雷恩批判性对话方法，揭示了非正规体育活动与勇气教育学的蓬勃发展之间的重要联系。