Critical research in sport, health and physical education : how to make a difference / edited by Richard Pringle, Håkan Larsson and Göran Gerdin.

Other author Pringle, Richard, 1964- editor.
Other author Larsson, Håkan, 1967- editor.
Other author Gerdin, Göran, editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Description1 online resource
Supplemental ContentEbook Central
Subjects
Sports--Social aspects. --Research.
Physical education and training--Social aspects. --Research.
Physical fitness--Social aspects. --Research.
Health education--Social aspects. --Research.

Contents Introduction : are we making a difference? -- Exploring the place of critical research in "sport for development and peace" -- Football 4 Peace versus (v) homophobia : a critical exploration of the links between theory, practice and intervention -- Auto ethnography and public sociology of sport in Caribbean : engagement, disengagement and despair -- Critical research on black sporting experiences in the U.S. : athletic activism and the appeal for social justice -- Problematizing practice : coach development with Foucault -- Critical pedagogy in physical education as advocacy and action : a reflective account -- A new critical pedagogy for physical education in "turbulent times" : what are the possibilities? -- In pursuit of a critically oriented physical education : curriculum contests and troublesome knowledge -- Socially-critical PE : the influence of critical research on the social justice agenda in PETE and PE practice -- Critical scholarship in physical education teacher education : a journey, not a destination -- Gender in physical education : a case for performative pedagogy? -- Schools and health : an argument against the tide -- Is asking salutogenic questions a way of being critical? -- Cruel optimism? Socially critical perspectives on the obesity assemblage -- Critical research in exercise and fitness -- Un-charting the course: critical indigenous research into sport, health and physical education -- "What do we want? When do we want it? Now!" : some concluding observations.
Abstract "Within the overlapping fields of the sociology of sport, physical education and health education, the use of critical theories and the critical research paradigm has grown in scope. Yet what social impact has this research had? This book considers the capacity of critical research and associated social theory to play an active role in challenging social injustices or at least in 'making a difference' within health and physical education (HPE) and sporting contexts. It also examines how the use of different social theories impacts sport policies, national curricula and health promotion activities, as well as the practices of HPE teaching and sport training and competition. Critical Research in Sport, Health and Physical Education is a valuable resource for academics and students working in the fields of research methods, sociology of sport, physical education and health"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Critical research in sport, health and physical education Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 9781138571679
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