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Morgan, Haydn; Parker, Andrew – Sport, Education and Society, 2023
The principles of critical pedagogy proposed by Paolo Freire have been widely cited as presenting the necessary intellectual tools to underpin sport-based programmes that are targeted towards marginalised groups. Yet, despite the widespread advocacy for Freire's educational philosophy, to date there have been few attempts to present theoretical…
Descriptors: Athletics, Individual Development, Consciousness Raising, Community Involvement
Blackett, A. D.; Evans, A. B.; Piggott, D. – Sport, Education and Society, 2021
There has been a growing trend of elite athletes being fast-tracked into post-athletic high-performance coaching roles in association football and rugby union in England and Wales. This has been facilitated by an increase in bespoke and condensed formal coach education courses that are designed to accelerate current and/or former elite athletes in…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Coaching (Performance), Team Sports, Athletes
Cale, Lorraine – Sport, Education and Society, 2021
Each year, the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy Special Interest Group organises an Invisible College which precedes the annual BERA conference. The day opens with a Scholar Lecture which is delivered by an academic who has made a significant contribution to the field. This paper represents the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Health Behavior, Life Style, Health Promotion
Devine, Cathy – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
The three British Sports Councils are instrumental in developing the policy landscape for sport and physical education (PE). They aspire to equality between the sexes in 'sport and physical recreation' (SPR), in keeping with their Royal Charters [Sport England. (1996/2009). "Royal Charter of English Sports Council (Sport England)."…
Descriptors: Athletics, Recreational Activities, Physical Education, Gender Differences
Wellard, Ian; Secker, Michelle – Sport, Education and Society, 2017
It could be claimed that the priority of any Government should be to look after the interests of the public it serves. Much of this role includes attempting to actively develop and implement policies and programmes that best contribute to or enhance general standards of living. Addressing health and wellbeing, it follows, is a reasonable vision…
Descriptors: Child Health, Well Being, Intervention, Government Role
Blackett, Alexander David; Evans, Adam; Piggott, David – Sport, Education and Society, 2017
At the beginning of the 2013/2014 season in England and Wales, 90 head coaches of the 92 men's national professional football league clubs and 20 of the 22 men's professional rugby union clubs had tenure as a professional elite player in their respective sports. Moreover, Rynne [(2014). "'Fast track' and 'traditional path' coaches:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Team Sports, Athletic Coaches, Coaching (Performance)
Harris, Jo; Leggett, Gemma – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
This paper presents selected findings from a wider study on the expression of health within physical education (PE) curricula in secondary schools in England and Wales. The study revealed that the expression of health in PE broadly reflected ideologies associated with promoting "fitness for life" and "fitness for performance"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Influences, Physical Education, Secondary School Curriculum
Harris, Jo; Leggett, Gemma – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
This paper utilises critical discourse analysis to explore and discuss the expression of health within physical education (PE) curricula in secondary schools in England and Wales. The study adopted a case study approach, involving three state secondary schools in England and two in Wales. Data were drawn from interviews with PE teachers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Curriculum
Cushion, Christopher J.; Jones, Robyn L. – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
This article draws on the theoretical concepts of Pierre Bourdieu to provide an explanatory account of how socialisation and the hidden curriculum within coaching practice contribute toward the formation of social identities and powerful schemes of internalised dispositions. Drawing on a 10 month ethnography within professional football, the…
Descriptors: Socialization, Hidden Curriculum, Athletic Coaches, Team Sports
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
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
Brown, David – Sport, Education and Society, 2005
This paper draws on Pierre Bourdieu's embodied sociology to construct a conceptual view of gender relations in Physical Education (PE) in England and Wales as one of a cultural economy of gendered practice. The argument presented retains, considers, and applies the interdependent concepts of field, habitus and capital that lie at the heart of…
Descriptors: Sociology, Physical Education, Gender Issues, Preservice Teacher Education