Jakubowska Skill Acquisition, Sport and Tacit Knowledge

A sociological perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-97188-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 128 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Learning how to swim or play football depends on discursive knowledge – written in manuals or transferred during training – and non-discursive, or tacit, knowledge. A young athlete may hear their coach say ‘catch it tightly’ but it is easier to show them how, and skill is acquired through practice, repetition and experience. This is the first study of the sociological aspects of tacit knowledge in the acquisition and transmission of sport skills. Drawing on social theory, theories of embodiment, and qualitative empirical studies of young athletes, the book examines how the body acquires and improves competencies through practice, in which socio-cultural conditions and norms play a key role.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jakubowska, Honorata

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Trainingswissenschaft, Sportunterricht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. The Concept of Tacit Knowledge in the Social Sciences

2. Tacit Knowledge in Sport: Results and lessons from previous studies

3. How to Measure Sports Skills Transfer and Acquisition

4. Transmission of Tacit Knowledge

5. Transmission of Tacit Knowledge as Reproduction of Gender Inequalities

6. Implications for Further Studies and the Limits of Sociological Cognition

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Honorata Jakubowska works in the Institute of Sociology at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. Her main research areas are the sociology of the body and embodiment, the sociology of sport, and gender studies. She is the author of two monographs in Polish - The Sociology of Body (2009) and The Game of the Body: The Practices and Discourses of Gender Differentiation in Sport (2014) – and has written more than 50 articles and book chapters.