Critical Research in Sport, Health and Education

• Other Authors: Pringle, Richard (Editor), Larsson, Hakan (Editor), Gerdin, Göran (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Sports & outdoor recreation; Sociology: sport & leisure; Amanda Mooney; Billy Hawkins; Brendan Hokowhitu; Carolyn Pluim; Chris Hickey; David Kirk; Deana Leahy; Doune Macdonald; Football 4 Peace; Foucault; Goran Gerdin; Graham Spacey; HPE; HPE teaching; Hakan Larsson; J. P. Mills; Jan Wright; Janice Atkin; Jayne Caudwell; Jim Denison; Lisette Burrows; Louise Burrows; Louise McCuaig; Michael Gard; MIkael Quennerstedt; PETE; Pirkko Markula; Richard Pringle; Richard Tinning; Rod Philpot; Roy McCree; Salutogenic Questions; Simon C. Darnell; Wayne Smith; coach education; critical pedagogy; critical research in sport; embodied practice; exercise; fitness; health education; health promotion activities; homophobia; obesity; physical education; physical education curriculum; physical education teacher education; public sociology; social change; social impact of research; social injustices; sport for development and peace; sport media; sport policies
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Within the overlapping fields of the sociology of sport, physical education and health education, the use of critical theories and the critical research paradigm has grown in scope. Yet what social impact has this research had? This book considers the capacity of critical research and associated soc...