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Direct linkThomson, Alan; Sparkes, Andrew C. – Sport, Education and Society, 2020
In this article, we seek to expand our understanding of the micropolitics of school life by drawing on data generated from a one-year ethnographic study of a physical education (PE) department at a high school in the North of England. Specific attention is given to the structured demands placed upon the Departmental Head in the face of an imminent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Department Heads, Physical Education Teachers
Maher, Anthony J.; Williams, Dean; Sparkes, Andrew C. – Sport, Education and Society, 2020
In an attempt to better prepare prospective PE teachers for teaching pupils with disabilities, our research takes up the call of Sparkes, A., Martos-Garcia, D., & Maher, A. (2019). Me, Imperfect Osteogenesis and my classmates in physical education lessons: A case study of embodied pedagogy in action. "Sport, Education and Society,"…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Physical Education, Preservice Teachers
Sparkes, Andrew C.; Partington, Elizabeth; Brown, David H. K. – Sport, Education and Society, 2007
This article explores a number of insights generated from a three-year ethnographic study of one university setting in England in which a "jock culture" is seen to dominate a student campus. Drawing on core concepts from Pierre Bourdieu's sociology of culture, it illustrates the unique function of the body in sustaining jock culture…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Academic Standards, National Standards
Phoenix, Cassandra; Sparkes, Andrew C. – Sport, Education and Society, 2007
Drawing on life history data generated from interviews with young athletes at an English university, this paper explores the narrative maps provided to them by older team members and the ways in which these influence perceptions of self-ageing. Three possible selves associated with mid-life emerged from the analysis for detailed focus. These are…
Descriptors: Athletics, Athletes, Biographies, Interviews
