Narrative and self-study are powerful ways of presenting ‘embodied, everyday experiences’ by offering space for reflection and deep thinking. Working with narrative and/or self-study has proven to be valuable analytical and reflective tools for teacher educators and for their students. H. R. Milner found that sharing a personal story of racialised experience or inequity with white pre-service teachers (PST) helped them to understand ‘their own racialised lives and how that may influence their work’. There are a number of studies on diversity awareness for white PSTs including some specific to physical education or Physical education teacher education (PETE), but less on curricular and pedagogical changes for diverse classrooms. L. Azzarito and M. Simon articulated the problems of a white-centric PETE from the perspective of PSTs and school students from minority backgrounds in increasingly diverse environments. There are reports that contemporary education policy is becoming less committed to monitoring disadvantage for specific minority ethnic groups.
Hadithi na kujifunza kwa wenyewe ni njia zenye nguvu za kuwasilisha "mazoezi ya kila siku yaliyoingizwa" kwa kutoa nafasi ya kutafakari na kufikiri kwa kina. Kazi na hadithi na kujifunza binafsi imethibitika kuwa muhimu analytical na kutafakari zana kwa ajili ya walimu wa elimu na wanafunzi wao. H.R. Milner alipata kwamba kushiriki hadithi ya kibinafsi ya uzoefu wa rangi au ukosefu wa usawa na walimu weupe wa kabla ya huduma (PST) iliwasaidia kuelewa "maisha yao wenyewe ya rangi na jinsi hiyo inaweza kuathiri kazi yao". Kuna masomo kadhaa juu ya ufahamu wa utofauti kwa PSTs nyeupe, pamoja na baadhi maalum kwa elimu ya mwili au elimu ya mwalimu wa elimu ya mwili (PETE), lakini chini juu ya mabadiliko ya mtaala na ya ufundishaji kwa madarasa tofauti. L. Azzarito na M. Simon walielezea matatizo ya PETE ya wazungu kutoka kwa mtazamo wa PSTs na wanafunzi wa shule kutoka asili ya wachache katika mazingira tofauti zaidi. Kuna ripoti kwamba sera ya elimu ya kisasa inakuwa chini ya kujitolea kwa ufuatiliaji wa hasara kwa makundi maalum ya kikabila ya wachache.