Sociology of Sport and Physical Education: An Introduction

by Laker; Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780415235945
• ISBN10: 0415235944
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-12-07
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer

Summary

This text, intended for undergraduates on various education and sport related degree courses, covers the key, current issues in the field of sociology of sport and physical education. The first section of the text covers the importance of sport in culture, its theoretical background, and methodological issues in research. The main body of the text then discusses issues including the sporting body, participation and socialization into sport, the hidden curriculum, critical pedagogy, and sport and the media. Laker discusses in depth gender, race and ethnicity, class, and equality, and he looks at sport and the media, and the involvement of politics. The chapters are each rounded off with challenging 'reflection' questions, activities and tasks for the reader to fulfil.

Table of Contents

List of tables	vii
List of contributors	viii
Introduction	xii
Culture, education and sport	1	(14)
Anthony Laker
Theoretical background	15	(21)
John Evans
Brian Davies
Methodological issues in research	36	(22)
Matthew Curtner-Smith
Femininity, masculinity and difference: what's wrong with a sarong?	58	(21)
Barbara Humberstone
The social construction of the body in physical education and sport	79	(13)
David Kirk
Race, ethnicity and sport	92	(18)
Bob Chappell
Equality, equity and inclusion in physical education and school sport	110	(19)
Dawn Penney
Socialisation and participation in sport	129	(19)
Sandra A. Stroot
The hidden curriculum and the changing nature of teachers' work	148	(19)
Gareth Nutt
Gill Clarke
Critical pedagogy: what might it look like and why does it matter?	167	(23)
Doune Macdonald
Political involvement in sport, physical education and recreation	190	(21)
Barrie Houlihan
Global sport and global mass media	211	(23)
George Sage
Index	234