Women's Soccer and the Global Game, a Metaphor: Intersections Between Politics and Educational Philosophies

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Abstract

Through document analysis and ethnographic methods, the history and portrayal of women’s soccer in the public sector presents parallel concerns to the current educational system. By illustrating these intersections and relationships to students within a college classroom, they make connections to the larger picture within the ‘global political game’. Pre-service teachers in this capacity, critically analyze their roles as future teachers with agency when they come to understand that soccer is a metaphor and a sign of ‘cultural law’. By identifying key patterns within the women’s game of soccer, it offers an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary lens that empowers students to be potential leaders and ‘game changers’ on social issues.

Author

• Josefa Pace, Sonoma State University