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Direct linkSmith, Andy – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
Drawing on interview data from a study of one School Sport Partnership (SSP) in north-west England, this paper examines (from the perspective of teachers): (1) some of the ways in which the SSP programme facilitated the increasing use of sports coaches to deliver aspects of physical education (PE) in state primary schools in England and (2) how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Athletic Coaches, Physical Education
Haycock, David; Smith, Andy – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
In view of the persistence of health inequalities and declines in leisure-sport participation over the life course, several quantitative investigations have explored the links between participation and other leisure activities, which have their foundations in childhood and youth, as a means of understanding adults' health behaviours. This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activity Level, Health Related Fitness, Participation
Haycock, David; Smith, Andy – Sport, Education and Society, 2011
Writing over a decade ago, Penney and Harris examined extra-curricular physical education (ECPE) provision in state schools in England and Wales and focused, in particular, on issues of inclusion, equality and equity. They concluded, among other things, that ECPE provision was highly gendered, characterised by a disproportionate emphasis on…
Descriptors: State Schools, Special Schools, Physical Education, Educational Needs
Green, Ken; Smith, Andy; Thurston, Miranda – Sport, Education and Society, 2009
Within the substantial body of research examining the professional knowledge of physical education (PE) teachers one particular area remains relatively under-explored: namely, their understandings of young people's participation in leisure-sport and the implications of this, if any, for the practice of PE. There are grounds for thinking, however,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Age, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
Smith, Andy; Green, Ken; Thurston, Miranda – Sport, Education and Society, 2009
This paper draws on data from a broader study, the central object of which was to explore the place of sport and physical activity in young people's lives. More particularly, the paper reports the findings of 24 focus groups conducted with 153 15-16 year olds in north-west England and north-east Wales in order to examine young people's views…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Physical Education, Social Class, Team Sports
Smith, Andy; Parr, Michael – Sport, Education and Society, 2007
Amid the long-standing debate about the nature and purposes of physical education (PE) in schools, comparatively little research has examined the ways in which PE is viewed by young people themselves. This study set out, therefore, to explore young people's views on the nature and purposes of PE from a sociological perspective in the belief that a…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Attitudes, Health Promotion, Focus Groups
