Sociology of Sport and Physical Education

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Sociology of Sport and Physical Education

An Introduction

Sociology: sport and leisure Philosophy and theory of education Sport science, physical education

Author: Anthony Laker

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 12th October 2012

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781134562978


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 socialisation 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 fulfill.

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