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Youth sport research based on the CREATE principles, and giving young people a voice
The edited collection Research with Children and Young People in Physical Education and Youth Sport (Routledge) presents a new framework for researchers in the field of physical education and youth sport, showcasing how the CREATE Principles for Research Design can facilitate meaningful research. Karin Redelius, well versed in the field of youth sports research, concludes that while the book is not the first one addressing children and research, its focus on Physical Education and youth sport research is a novel approach. and she expects to return to it many times.
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 57, 2022, No. 1
IRSS is a peer reviewed academic journal. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, as well as book and media reviews. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Sport, social inclusion and the logic of assimilation in Prato (Italy) by Francesco Ricatti, Matteo Dutto, and Andrea del Bono.
A rewarding reading for sport scholars about critical research on sex, gender and sexuality in surfing
Sex, gender and sexuality have played an important role in shaping the culture of surfing and are central themes in lisahunter’s edited volume on surfing’s symbolism, postcolonialism, patriocolonial whiteness and heteronormativity. Surfing, Sex, Genders and Sexualities (Routledge) is highly appreciated by our reviewer Anna Adlwarth for its critical approach that uncovers disturbing aspects of the surfing culture as well as that of other lifestyle sports.
Journal of Sport & Social Issues, Vol. 45, 2021, No. 1 | Understanding Blue Spaces: Sport, Bodies, Wellbeing, and the Sea
JSSI brings you the latest research, discussion and analysis on contemporary sport issues. In JSSI scholars study the impact of sport on social issues from many perspectives. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: SWIMMING WITH THE BICHENO “COFFEE CLUB”: THE TEXTURED WORLD OF WILD SWIMMING by Shane Gould, Fiona McLachlan, and Brent McDonald.
Does critical research make a difference to equity and inclusion in sport, health & physical education?
Into their seventh month of pandemic isolation, lisahunter delivers a stimulating review of Critical Research in Sport, Health and Physical Education: How to make a difference (Routledge), a collected volume edited by Richard Pringle, Håkan Larsson & Göran Gerdin, and featuring a notable clutch of contributors. ’Critical’ is the dominating perspective in the anthology, and in the review lisahunter presents its own critical analysis of the criticality of the ’Criticals’.
Useful book on narrative approaches to inequality in the sporting field
The anthology Equity and Difference in Physical Education, Youth Sport and Health: A Narrative Approach, published by Routledge and edited by Fiona Dowling, Hayley Fitzgerald and Anne Flintoff, makes innovative use of narrative method to explore the issue of equity in sporting contexts. Mads Skauge has read a fine collection and found inspiration for new approaches in hs own future research. Can you ask for more?
Sport, Education and Society, Volume 24, 2019, Issue 1
Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society as well as from all professionals with theoretical and empirical interests relating to policy, curriculum, social inclusion, equity and identity, and progressive educational development in physical activity, health and sport.
‘Something more is added to the story, something that previously may have been missing or overlooked’: Jonas Mikaels’ Becoming Place
We are pleased to publish a review of Jonas Mikaels’ thesis-by-publication from 2017, Becoming-place: (Re)conceptualising friluftsliv in the Swedish physical education and health curriculum (GIH), by famed physical education and sports pedagogy scholar Dr. lisahunter.
Sport, Education and Society, Volume 23, 2018, Issue 7
Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society as well as from all professionals with theoretical and empirical interests relating to policy, curriculum, social inclusion, equity and identity, and progressive educational development in physical activity, health and sport.
Sport in Society, Volume 21, 2018, Issue 9
The considerable growth of interest in commerce, media and politics and their relationship to sport in international academia has resulted in academics in various disciplines writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life.