Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity
Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity goes beyond the content of introductory research methods texts to provide an insight into the methodological hurdles that are experienced when researching difference in Sport and Physical Activity.
Contributors reflect upon how the rhetoric of research methodology transfers into the reality of data collection across difference. Presenting case studies of real research projects, the book covers a range of topics, such as:
disability in sport and physical activity
vulnerable children in sport and physical activity
visual research tools when working with children in a primary school setting
physical activity, sedentary behaviour and obesity through childhood
diverse ethnic groups in sport and physical activity settings.
Each chapter contends with practical issues of power and representation within the research process, to recognise how a researcherparticipant relationship that considers those who are othered serves to change the dynamics and processes of research.
This is an important resource for students of all sports related subjects and essential reading for anyone interested in the study of marginalised populations in sport and physical activity.
Richard Medcalf is Director of the Institute of Sport and Human Science at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, and Vice-Chair of Sport4Life UK, a Birmingham-based charity which exists to transform the lives of young people through the power of sport. He has published on issues primarily related to inclusive practice in sport and physical education.
Chris Mackintosh is Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is a National Advisor to England Golf, the Sport and Recreation Alliance and Antigua and Barbuda governments, and is working with the Japan 2020 Olympics as an invited Policy Advisor on soft participation legacy. He has worked with policy stakeholders including Sport England, The Equality and Human Rights Commission, FA, RFU, Rugby Football League and many local authorities on national strategies, and bespoke academic research projects. He was the lead Academic Advisor on the outdoor recreation Reconomics (2014) and Reconomics Plus (2017) reports that underpinned policy advocacy and two parliamentary debates on the value of outdoor recreation in the UK. In 20172018 he undertook the independent review of the United Kingdom Coaching Certificate (UKCC).
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Laura Alfrey is Senior Lecturer within the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia, with her main responsibilities relating broadly to Health and Physical Education (HPE). Laura utilises mixed-method approaches, and a range of social theories, to explore HPE curriculum and pedagogy. Much of her work has been with HPE teachers (pre-service and in-service), and has focused upon the ways in which they identify and respond to diversity in their classrooms.
James Brighton is Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport and Exercise and a member of the Sport and Body Cultures (SBC) research group at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. His theoretical and empirical research interests lie in disability studies, the sociology of the body and the social and cultural analyses of sport and fitness. Methodologically, he is interested in interpretive forms of qualitative inquiry including ethnography, life history and narrative analyses.
Whitney B. Curry is an Advanced Public Health Practitioner focused on evaluating interventions for children and families in the Southwest of England. She was previously Senior Lecturer in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy at Edge Hill University, UK, and a member of the Physical Activity and Health Research Group there. She is primarily interested in measuring physical activity and sedentary time using a mixed methods approach. Within this area her work focuses on using objective measurement and self-report methods among culturally and linguistically diverse groups to accurately and reliably measure physical activity and sedentary time.
Symeon Dagkas is Head of the School of Human and Life Sciences and Professor of Sport, Physical Activity and Society at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. His grant activity has attracted funding from the Department of Health, London Sport Organisation, Birmingham City council, Newham Council and Redbridge Council to name a few. His work is concentrated on examining intersections of race, class, ethnicity and culture amongst young people with migrant and ethnic minority backgrounds and its impact on their physical culture and agency towards sport, PE and physical activity.
