The Importance of School Sports in American Education and Socialization
The Importance of School Sports in American Education and Socialization

Author: Ronald M. Jeziorski

Publisher: University Press of Amer

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780819194893

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This book articulates the important benefits of school sports and other co-curricular activities which empower youth and dissuade them from gang involvements and deviant behavior. It also describes how these voluntary programs motivate students to stay in school, earn better grades, reinforce the ideals of our Constitution more than any other single type of activity, and prepare youth in cooperative skills so greatly called for by employers today.

Introduction to the Sociology of Sport
Introduction to the Sociology of Sport

Author: Otmar Weiss

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-07-26

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9004464719

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Introduction to the Sociology of Sport offers a comprehensive overview of topics, theories, definitions and results of sport sociological research and discussions. A unique approach to the social specificity of sport is outlined.

Teacher Socialization in Physical Education
Teacher Socialization in Physical Education

Author: K. Andrew R. Richards

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-12-08

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1317394291

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Socialization is a complex process which has a profound effect on how we experience teaching and learning. The study of teachers’ lives and careers through the lens of occupational socialization theory has a rich history in physical education. However, as the social and political climates surrounding education have changed, so have the experiences of teachers. This book pushes beyond traditional perspectives to explore alternative and innovative approaches to socialization. Written by a team of leading international physical education scholars, this is the first edited collection of scholarship on teacher socialization to be published in more than two decades. Divided into five parts, the book provides a review of current knowledge on teacher socialization in school settings, as well as suggestions for different approaches to understanding teacher socialization and recommendations for future directions for studying teachers’ lives and careers. A testament to what is known and what still needs to be learned about the lived experiences of physical educators, Teacher Socialization in Physical Education: New Perspectives provides valuable insights for all physical education students, teachers, and instructors.

Sport Education
Sport Education

Author: Peter Hastie

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-09-08

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1136660453

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Sport Education: International Perspectives presents a series of studies of the innovative pedagogical model that has taken the physical education world by storm. Since the emergence of the Sport Education model in the mid-1990s it has been adopted and adapted in physical education programs around the world and a new research literature has followed in its wake. With contributions from leading international scholars and practitioners from the US, Europe and Asia, this book offers a more thoughtful and critical set of perspectives on Sport Education than any other. It is essential reading for any student, pre-service teacher, classroom teacher or university instructor working in SE, PE, youth sport, sports coaching or related disciplines.

The Group Environment Questionnaire
The Group Environment Questionnaire

Author: Albert V. Carron

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781885693440

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The widely acclaimed Group Environment Questionnaire is a test that assesses group cohesion in sport measures the task and social aspects of an athlete's perceptions of and attraction to the group. The GEQ contains 18 items and has four scales: Individual Attraction to Group Task; Individual Attraction to Group Social; Group Integration Task; and Group Integration Social. This Manual provides the test user with extensive detail about the GEQ. Also contains the GEQ and scoring key. Purchase of the manual entitles the user to reproduce multiple copies of the GEQ for test projects.

Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization Exploring the Fandemonium
Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization Exploring the Fandemonium

Author: Adam C. Earnheardt

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0739146238

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Once deemed an unworthy research endeavor, the study of sports fandom has garnered the attention of seasoned scholars from a variety of academic disciplines. Identity and socialization among sports fans are particular burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of specialists in the social sciences. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, captures an eclectic collection of new studies from accomplished scholars in the fields such as communication, business, geography, kinesiology, media, and sports management and administration, using a wide range of methodologies including quantitative, qualitative, and critical analyses. In the communication revolution of the twenty-first century, the study of mediated sports is critical. As fans use all media at their disposal to consume sports and carry their sports-viewing experience online, they are seizing the initiative and asserting themselves into the mediated sports-dissemination process. They are occupying traditional roles of consumers/receivers of sports, but also as sharers and sports content creators. Fans are becoming pseudo sports journalists. They are interpreting mediated sports content for other fans. They are making their voice heard by sports organizations and athletes. Mediated sports, in essence, provide a context for studying and understanding where and how the communication revolution of the twenty-first century is being waged. With their collection of studies by scholars from North America and Europe, Earnheardt, Haridakis, and Hugenberg illuminate the symbiotic relationship among and between sports organizations, the media, and their audiences. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization spurs both the researcher and the interested fan to consider what the study of sports tells us about ourselves and the society in which we live.