Medcalf / Mackintosh Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-97102-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Researching minority, marginalised or ‘othered’ populations poses particular methodological challenges. This is the first book to focus on researching difference in the context of sport, physical activity and physical education. Presenting case studies of real research projects, the book explores how difference, in regards to both representation and portrayal, affects the practical application of a research methodology. It considers the boundaries that must be crossed when researching people who are far removed from the researcher, because of culture, gender, race or disability for example, and how that can, or should, affect research study design and method.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Medcalf, Richard

Mackintosh, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: Principles

1. Introduction

2. The Research Process

3. Researching Across Difference in Sport and Physical Activity

Part Two: Research that Transcends Boundaries: Methods in reality

4. Using Interviews to Explore Physical Disability and Difference in Sport and Physical Activity

5. Using Puppets to Support Focus Groups in Complex Family Health Settings

6. Using Questionnaires to Study Teachers’ Pedagogies in Physical Education

7. Observing Behaviours in Physical Education Settings

8. Capturing Diverse Sporting Experiences through Ethnographic and Auto-ethnographic Principles

9. Empowering Co-researchers when Evaluating Sport for Development in Global Contexts

10. Adopting Action Research to Explore Complex Pedagogical Structures

11. Measuring Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Obesity through Childhood

12. Conducting Cross-cultural Work with Diverse Ethnic Groups in Sporting Settings

13. Using Multiple Methods Frameworks when Working with Children and Young People in a Primary PE Setting

14. Overcoming Methodological Barriers when Researching Mental Health Difference and Otherness

Part Three: Future Directions

15. Parenthesis

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Medcalf is a Principal Lecturer and Head of Student Experience, Progression, Attainment and Employability in the Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing, University Wolverhampton, UK. Richard’s research interests relate to ethnographic methods and new (visual) technologies which help to further our understanding of how individuals and marginalised populations experience and make sense of their sporting and educational lives. His work currently relates to the sporting and educational experiences of children and young people with Special Educational Needs. Richard is a Trustee and Director of Sport4Like UK and on the leadership group of the European Sport Development Network.

Chris Mackintosh is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. His areas of research expertise include international sport policy analysis; sport organisations, agencies and communities; public sector sport policy qualitative research methodologies, and Interpretive public policy theoretical frameworks. Chris has undertaken, managed or commissioned over 100 external research projects in the field of sport policy and community sport management and practice. He has worked with many of the UK's NGBs and senior officers in local government, including Head of Sport/Leisure and Chief Officers. He has also led projects with Sport England, Sport Wales, Street Games and the Sport and Recreation Alliance amongst other national sport agencies.