The embodiment of equitable ways to develop agentic wellbeing through movement maximizing personal and general spaces - re-tooling affordances as drivers of social justice

Murray, A., Murray, Pamela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8009-6900, Howells, K., Uthmani, N. and McMillan, N. (2025) The embodiment of equitable ways to develop agentic wellbeing through movement maximizing personal and general spaces - re-tooling affordances as drivers of social justice. Equity in Education & Society. pp. 1-51. ISSN eISSN: 27526461 | ISSN: 27526461 (In Press)

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Abstract

This paper explores physical affordances - features and practices supporting activity - and scrutinizes their accessibility to promote principle-led equity in movement. By examining how being active underpins capabilities essential for living well, a holistic perspective on using ‘self-space’ and surrounding space is presented. In line with the World Health Organization’s (2021) mandate for fairness in physical activity programming, a justice-oriented leadership approach across health and education is emphasized. The application of JEDI principles - Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - to physical movement highlights constructs of autonomy and agency, enabling individuals to make choices and act to invoke change (Virenque & Mossio, 2024).The concept of ‘constraints’ is extended from therapeutic roots (Taub et al., 1993) to adaptive movement facilitation (Newell, 1986). Constraints-informed pedagogies enhance embodied learning, fostering autonomy through interactive movement generation in physical education (Renshaw & Chow, 2018). Being well is understood as a composite of physical, cognitive, and emotional health - is recognized as a complex yet integral construct (Spratt, 2016; Ryff, 2014). Physical activity is shown to significantly influence health behaviours, encompassing mental and physical wellbeing (Liu et al., 2024).

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