Ruth Jeanes
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 257356 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ruth Jeanes |
| NOMBRES | Ruth |
| APELLIDO | Jeanes |
| FIRMA | JEANES R |
| AFILIACIONES | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3907-0108 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 57 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 259 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
‘That’s not a quirk of racism [. . .] – that’s a quirk of geography’
This article examines how place is discursively constructed as an agent in talk about the exclusion of ethnic minority players in Australian grassroots cricket. Drawing on 40 semi-structured interviews with players and other stakeholders, we combine thematic analysis with Critical Discourse Analysis to identify the linguistic strategies used to construct place(s). We show how references to places of different degrees of granularity – from very sp…
Understanding Informal Sport Through Institutional Bricolage
The current understanding of how urban spaces are governed in the context of informal sport participation, despite often being framed as spontaneous, self-organized activities, indicates participants need to negotiate regulations and norms privileging groups like sport clubs and adults. To better understand how social institutions governing informal sport are also negotiated through the practices of public authorities, we introduce the theoretica…
Everyday racism in Australian community sport
This article examines the types of racism experienced in community sport in Australia. Drawing on interviews with 51 community sport stakeholders, including 26 individuals with lived experiences of racism in sport, the article shows how Australian community sport maintains white dominance through everyday racisms including: the use of racial norms and stereotypes that shape how Indigenous peoples and racialised settlers are treated; favouritism a…
Tackling Ableism in Sport and Active Recreation to Ensure Participation Parity for Disabled Young People in Aotearoa New Zealand
Significant barriers limit disabled young people’s opportunities in sport and active recreation. This is both a health and human rights issue: physical activity is vital for well-being, and equitable access to sport and active recreation is mandated by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006). Using Q methodology, a participatory mixed-methods approach that uncovers shared viewpoints through statistical anal…
We’re Putting All Our Eggs in the Gender Basket”
Since 1987, Australia has witnessed dedicated policies and investment aiming to increase the number of girls and women participating in community sport. Over four decades, gender equity policies and initiatives have been extensive; however, these have rarely sought to explicitly address intersectional forms of discrimination experienced by women and girls. There is also a lack of understanding of how community sports clubs respond to intersection…
Intersectionality in research on equity, diversity, and inclusion in sport
Research increasingly focuses on intersectionality to advance existing approaches to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in sport. Intersectionality is a complex concept that has been defined and operationalized in various ways. Using a systematic review comprising 41 peer-reviewed publications, this paper examines the extent to which and how research on EDI in sport engages with intersectional thinking and practice. The authors used three the…
The effectiveness of aquatic and leisure facility advertising
Local governments in Australia invest significant public funds in aquatic and leisure facilities (ALFs) to support leisure-time physical activity (LTPA). LTPA advertising including imagery attempts to counter trends toward physical inactivity and present LTPA opportunities. Online advertising offers a promising mode of delivery to disseminate information about LTPA opportunities and encourage participation. Guided by visual ageism and the informa…
Mothers, social capital and children’s physical literacy journeys in rural Australia
In rural communities in Australia, the provision of sport and physical activities for children almost exclusively relies upon parents and their ability to access and contribute to facilities, funding, volunteers, and administration.This paper brings Putnam's social capital framework to Whitehead's conceptualisation of physical literacy as a journey to offer original insight into children's sport participation and the opportunities arising for phy…
How is intersectionality being represented by Australian sports organisations? A content analysis
In the realm of critical social theory, the application of intersectionality is crucial for addressing social inequalities and advocating for social justice. Our research focuses on the growing integration of intersectionality in Australian sport systems, a development observed in government documents and sports organisations’ operational procedures. Despite this trend, challenges persist in effectively implementing intersectionality due to the c…
Queering a community sports club in Australia
Community sporting clubs have traditionally been shaped by hegemonic masculine norms. This paper presents a case study exploration of an independent regional women and gender diverse Australian football club. Interviews, observations, policy and online analysis of the club showed how they created an equitable and inclusive community sports club underpinned by a Do-It-Yourself ethos. Club founders queered hegemonic norms and traditions associated …
Reconceptualising informality in sport participation
The ongoing change in sport participation patterns is discussed often in the context of 'informal' sport on the rise and 'formal' sport struggling to attract more participants. While studies have revealed both 'self-organised' and 'regulated' aspects of 'informal' sport and indicated complex power relations in its governing processes, the possibly incongruent terms of 'informal' and 'formal' as modifiers of sport participation have not been fully…
What is Informal Sport? Negotiating Contemporary Sporting Forms
As traditional sport participation stagnates or declines, flexible informal sporting forms are increasingly a focus for those with a vested interest in maximising participation in sport and physical activity. This study critiques existing definitions of informal sport as overly binary, largely unhelpful, and conceptually diffuse. We propose a more nuanced understanding of informal sport that explores participant proximity to the negotiation of pr…
A mixed-method analysis of the contribution of informal sport to public health in Australia
Informal sport is a growth area of sport participation but there has been limited examination of how informal and unstructured forms of participation may contribute to health outcomes that are important for public health. This article aims to address the current lack of data examining the health outcomes associated with informal sport participation and consider the potential role of informal sport within efforts to promote healthier communities t…
The association between physical education and academic achievement in other curriculum learning areas
Background : As a curriculum learning area, physical education (PE) has continually struggled to gain status within an increasingly crowded curriculum. This frequently leads to a reduction in available time within the curriculum for PE. In Australia and internationally, this may be explained by a focus on standardised testing, though questions are also raised about the capacity of PE to contribute to broader learning outcomes within the school co…
Trauma-Informed Practice in Physical Activity Programs for Young People
Physical activity, sport, and physical education share many similar qualities with trauma-informed practice, including promoting relationships, inclusion, and physical and mental well-being. There is growing research and programs that incorporate trauma-informed practices into physical activity programs for young people. The aim of this systematic review was to explore current evidence-based, Trauma-Informed Physical Activity programs for young p…
Experiences of older adults leisure-time physical activity in aquatic and leisure facilities
For older adults, being physically active is positively associated with various health benefits. Despite the positive benefits of leisure-time physical activity, most older adults within Australia do not participate in physical activity at a level to generate health benefits. Aquatic and leisure facilities are important infrastructure for supporting leisure-time physical activity with local governments in Australia investing significant public fu…
Spatial justice, informal sport and Australian community sports participation
Participation in Australian club-based sport has either plateaued or declined across a broad array of sports over the last 20 years. In contrast, participation in informal forms of sport has increased across the time. Despite the increasing popularity of informal sport, this form of participation continues to lack recognition as a legitimate and valuable avenue for population-wide sport participation. This article focuses on examining the spatial…
Our Right to Play
In the wake of the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan and its ban on women's sport, hundreds of Afghan athletes, including several Olympians, decided to flee the country rather than give up their sports and see their rights curtailed. This paper explores how Afghan women now living in Australia navigate agency and aspirations on and off the soccer field within the context of high levels of uncertainty, instability, and constraint. Drawing o…
The Relationship Between Weight Stigmatization, Avoidance, Enjoyment and Participation in Physical Activity and Sport, and Psychological Distress
Objectives: The psychosocial factors affecting physical activity (PA) and sport participation are not well understood but need to be to gain the psychological benefits of PA and sport. In this study, we sought to establish the relationship between weight stigmatization, the tendency to avoid, or participate in and/or enjoy PA and sport, and psychological distress. Methods: We collected demographic details and measures of the constructs of interes…
Spatial justice in the development of a women’s football team in Melbourne, Australia; an ethnographic study
The barriers and challenges to women’s participation in sport have been well established, however there is a paucity of research examining the development of a women’s football team from an ethnographic methodology. In this case study, the primary researcher was embedded as an insider researcher within a football club, conducting 160 hours of observations, field notes, informal discussions, and three semi-structed interviews capturing the develop…
Informal sport and (non)belonging among Hazara migrants in Australia
Sport participation can offer migrants a modality to connect with dominant cultural norms and potentially foster interculturalism, yet it is often fraught with exclusion. Little is known about how informal sports that migrants have introduced into countries of resettlement affect their (non)belonging. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork over a 14-month period, this article examines how Hazara men’s involvement in the ethno-specific informal sport of…
Examining Pride Cups as a health promotion resource to address homophobia in Australian men’s sport
Effective interventions are needed to stop homophobic behaviours in sport settings as these behaviours are associated with negative health and social outcomes for individuals who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or other diverse genders and sexualities. This paper reports the results of a quasi-experimental study commissioned by a public health agency to explore the benefits of a novel intervention that has been widely adopt…
Weight Stigma and Avoidance of Physical Activity and Sport
Participation in sport and physical activity (PA) is declining, and the psychosocial factors underpinning avoidance of these activities are not understood. This study developed and tested a new measure assessing the tendency to avoid PA and sport because of weight stigma and appearance-related concerns. University students (n = 581, mean age = 19.8 years) completed an online survey at two time points. Demographic details and measures of weight st…
Are we there yet? (Illusions of) Inclusion in sport for LGBT+ communities in Australia
This paper reports findings from five recent studies related to gender and sexuality in Australian sport. It offers a challenge to widespread claims that exclusionary practices such as homo/bi/transphobia have been reduced or eliminated within sport settings. We suggest there remains much to be done towards 'inclusion', and that the concept itself is perhaps an illusion. Drawing on 'diversity work' theory we suggest inclusion is yet to be fully r…
Families, Sport, Leisure and Social Justice
Sport and the Resettlement of Young People From Refugee Backgrounds in Australia
Within recent years, policy makers and practitioners have increasingly drawn on sport as a vehicle to assist with the resettlement of young people from refugee backgrounds. This article presents the views of sport development and resettlement service staff responsible for supporting the participation of young refugees within sport. Our data suggest that while there are a myriad of well-established barriers beyond the sporting context that restric…
A Fair Game for All? How Community Sports Clubs in Australia Deal With Diversity
Diversity and equality are key issues confronting sport. This article draws on findings from qualitative research carried out in Australia to critically examine how diversity is understood and valued in community sport. The findings suggest that there is a discrepancy between the policy objectives of government and sport organizations and the way in which diversity is understood and responded to in practice. Diversity management is not being adop…
Gender Relations, Gender Equity, and Community Sports Spaces
This study employs a spatial analysis to critically examine gender relations within an Australian football and netball community sports club that has sought to address gender inequity and promote the participation of women across the club. Notable changes included increased female representation in the club's decision-making structures, growing numbers of female members, and the establishment of a women's and girls' football section. Using an in-…
Transforming communities through sport? critical pedagogy and sport for development
The value of sport as a vehicle for social development and progressive social change has been much debated, yet what tends to get missed in this debate is the way education may foster, enable or impede the transformative action that underpins the social outcomes to which the ‘sport for development and peace’ (SDP) sector aspires. This article draws on the critical pedagogy of Paulo Freire and his contemporaries to examine the nature of transforma…
Education, pedagogy and sport for development
This special issue features the growing field of Sport for Development. Importantly few questions have been raised about the educative quality of sport for development programmes or the pedagogies by which they are delivered. This seems to be something of an oversight since; by definition development infers some sort of learning or educative process. This introductory paper provides an editorial commentary and summary on the papers included in th…
Can we play on the swings and roundabouts?’
The importance of play for children’s development and wellbeing has been well established. However, disabled children and their families frequently find accessing play sites challenging due to a range of physical and social barriers and are therefore unable to experience many of the benefits play in this setting provides. Increasingly, United Kingdom policy has recognised this with the 2008 Play Strategy making an explicit commitment supported by…
Come on my son! Examining fathers, masculinity and ‘fathering through football’
This paper critically considers the concept of fathering through sport by examining the fathering practices of men whose sons played elite junior football at a UK professional club. The paper presents data from participant observation of 33 fathers and in-depth interviews with 18 fathers. The paper outlines how hegemonic masculine discourses inherent in football encouraged various disempowering fathering practices. Fathers were able to legitimize…
Informal sport and (non)belonging among Hazara migrants in Australia
Sport participation can offer migrants a modality to connect with dominant cultural norms and potentially foster interculturalism, yet it is often fraught with exclusion. Little is known about how informal sports that migrants have introduced into countries of resettlement affect their (non)belonging. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork over a 14-month period, this article examines how Hazara men’s involvement in the ethno-specific informal sport of…
Diversity work in community sport organizations
Diversity is a key term used in a range of public and private organizations to describe institutional goals, values and practices. Sport is a prominent social institution where the language of diversity is frequently and positively used; yet, this rhetoric does not necessarily translate into actual practice within sport organizations. This paper critically examines diversity work in community sports clubs. Drawing upon qualitative research at 31 …
Re-theorising inclusion and reframing inclusive practice in physical education
Inclusion remains a key political agenda for education internationally and is a matter that teachers across subject communities and phases of education are challenged to respond to. In physical education specifically, research continues to highlight that current practice often reaffirms rather than challenges established inequities. This paper critically explores the understandings of inclusion that contribute to this situation and addresses the …
Spatial justice, informal sport and Australian community sports participation
Participation in Australian club-based sport has either plateaued or declined across a broad array of sports over the last 20 years. In contrast, participation in informal forms of sport has increased across the time. Despite the increasing popularity of informal sport, this form of participation continues to lack recognition as a legitimate and valuable avenue for population-wide sport participation. This article focuses on examining the spatial…
Are we there yet? (Illusions of) Inclusion in sport for LGBT+ communities in Australia
This paper reports findings from five recent studies related to gender and sexuality in Australian sport. It offers a challenge to widespread claims that exclusionary practices such as homo/bi/transphobia have been reduced or eliminated within sport settings. We suggest there remains much to be done towards 'inclusion', and that the concept itself is perhaps an illusion. Drawing on 'diversity work' theory we suggest inclusion is yet to be fully r…
Challenging ableism and the ‘disability as problem’ discourse
Whilst Initial Teacher Education (ITE) is only one leverage point for teacher professional learning and development, it is of vital importance that ITE supports pre-service teachers (PSTs) in developing knowledge and skills necessary to promote inclusion of students with a disability in their class-spaces. Whilst ‘inclusion’ is a key feature of legislation, education policy and standards internationally, students with disabilities continue to rep…
Educating through sport? Examining HIV/Aids education and sport-for-development through the perspectives of Zambian young people
The sport-for-development movement has grown exponentially in the last decade generating increasing academic attention. However, existing research has rarely sought the views of young people despite them being both the main target audience of initiatives and frequently the deliverers. This paper seeks to address young people's absence within research and advocate the importance of engaging them in sport-for-development debates to enhance understa…
Sport coaches as policy actors
This paper draws upon education policy sociology, and sport coaching literature, in critically examining sport coaches as policy actors. Stephen Ball and colleagues’ conceptualisation of different policy actor positions and roles provided the framework for research that investigated how eight professional swimming coaches in Victoria, Australia, interpreted and enacted disability and inclusion policy. A discourse analysis of semi-structured inter…
Federal Government Involvement in Australian Disability Sport, 1981–2015
Few historical accounts of Australian sport policy have explicitly profiled the federal government’s involvement in disability sport. In this paper, we draw on the concept of ableism as a lens to address this lacuna. In doing so, we profile the history of the Commonwealth government involvement in disability sport and explore how the policy of ‘mainstreaming’ has emerged through partnerships led by the Australian Paralympic Committee with Nationa…
It’s Recovery United for Me”
This paper builds on the concept of mental health recovery to critically examine three football projects in the United Kingdom and their effects on the recovery process. Drawing on qualitative research on the lived experiences of mental health clients and service providers across the three projects, we explore the role of football in relation to three components of recovery: engagement, stigma, and social isolation. The findings indicate how the …
Football's coming home
A key feature of government policy in the last 30 years is the use of sport programmes as a vehicle for social change aiming to benefit and improve the lives of marginalized and vulnerable members of society. Sports policy-makers and practitioners have sought to use the 'power of sport' through sport-based intervention programmes to tackle key social issues. The Homeless World Cup is an example of this, comprising a football tournament held annua…
I'm into high heels and make up but I still love football’
This article examines the influence participating in football has on girls' gender identity construction. Set within the context of the rapid increase in the number of females playing football and the changing notions of femininity within contemporary girlhood, the article explores whether playing can assist with reshaping traditional notions of femininity. It draws on data collected during a six‐month ethnographic study with a small group of 10‐…
Ethnographic reflections of the role of Global North volunteers in sport-for-development
This article critically examines the work undertaken by Global North volunteers in Global South sport-for-development programmes. Whilst existing studies acknowledge the centrality of Northern volunteers to the delivery of sport-for-development programmes in the Global South, there are few detailed explorations of how volunteers approach working in diverse cultural contexts and their impact on local communities. Drawing on an ethnographic methodo…
I Feel We are Inclusive Enough”
In this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight Victorian swimming coaches to examine the discourses of disability1 and inclusion that they expressed in relation to their current coaching practices. Analysis specifically pursued links between neoliberalism, ableism, elitism, classification and inclusion in coaching, with the intention of exploring what discourse relations are possible, imaginable and practical within what have…
Spatial justice in the development of a women’s football team in Melbourne, Australia; an ethnographic study
The barriers and challenges to women’s participation in sport have been well established, however there is a paucity of research examining the development of a women’s football team from an ethnographic methodology. In this case study, the primary researcher was embedded as an insider researcher within a football club, conducting 160 hours of observations, field notes, informal discussions, and three semi-structed interviews capturing the develop…
The Relationship Between ‘Coming Out’ as Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual and Experiences of Homophobic Behaviour in Youth Team Sports
Introduction Homophobia appears to be greater in sport settings than in others. However, little is known about whether lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) young people experience discriminatory behaviour in team sports because of their sexuality and whether coming out to sport teammates is associated with homophobic behaviour. Method This study used a sample ( N = 1173; 15–21 years; collected in 2014–2015) from six countries (United States, United Kin…
Revisiting Family Leisure Research and Critical Reflections on the Future of Family-Centered Scholarship
In this special issue of Leisure Sciences, we examine the progress made and challenges ahead in research on leisure and families—20 years revisited. We consider what advancements have been made in family leisure research and potential new directions that family-centered scholars can look towards. We also consider the dominance of particular theoretical perspectives and methodological designs, and the limitations and consequences of such perspecti…
Urban Youth, Worklessness and Sport
The potential value of sport as a vehicle through which urban regeneration and social renewal policy can be delivered has been extensively examined. However, there are an increasing number of initiatives aiming to use sports-based programmes as a way to address worklessness and social exclusion amongst young people which have received less attention. This paper provides a critical comparative analysis of two such programmes, one based in Rotterda…
Social exclusion and access toleisure in Northern Ireland communities
This paper critically considers the Quebec Declaration’s (2008) statement that leisure can be a powerful tool for developing social capital and improving communities in the context of families containing disabled children. Disabled families continue to be excluded and marginalised within their communities. However statement and policies report suggest that leisure can play a key role in tackling exclusion. This paper critically analyses whether l…
Examining Sports Development
Book Review| October 01 2010 Examining Sports Development Collins, Mike, ed. Examining Sports Development. London: Routledge, 2010. Pp. 237. $45.00. Ruth Jeanes Ruth Jeanes University of Central Lancashire Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2010) 37 (3): 451–452. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.37.3.451 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site …
I'm into high heels and make up but I still love football’
This article examines the influence participating in football has on girls' gender identity construction. Set within the context of the rapid increase in the number of females playing football and the changing notions of femininity within contemporary girlhood, the article explores whether playing can assist with reshaping traditional notions of femininity. It draws on data collected during a six‐month ethnographic study with a small group of 10‐…
Educating through sport? Examining HIV/Aids education and sport-for-development through the perspectives of Zambian young people
The sport-for-development movement has grown exponentially in the last decade generating increasing academic attention. However, existing research has rarely sought the views of young people despite them being both the main target audience of initiatives and frequently the deliverers. This paper seeks to address young people's absence within research and advocate the importance of engaging them in sport-for-development debates to enhance understa…
Come on my son! Examining fathers, masculinity and ‘fathering through football’
This paper critically considers the concept of fathering through sport by examining the fathering practices of men whose sons played elite junior football at a UK professional club. The paper presents data from participant observation of 33 fathers and in-depth interviews with 18 fathers. The paper outlines how hegemonic masculine discourses inherent in football encouraged various disempowering fathering practices. Fathers were able to legitimize…
Can we play on the swings and roundabouts?’
The importance of play for children’s development and wellbeing has been well established. However, disabled children and their families frequently find accessing play sites challenging due to a range of physical and social barriers and are therefore unable to experience many of the benefits play in this setting provides. Increasingly, United Kingdom policy has recognised this with the 2008 Play Strategy making an explicit commitment supported by…
Education for social change? A Freirean critique of sport for development and peace
Background: The previous two decades have witnessed an increasing number of policymakers and practitioners using sport programmes to achieve broader social development aims, particularly in countries in the Global South. A core element of these programmes has been the use of sport as a context to provide young people with social, personal and health education. However, despite the educative focus of the ‘sport for development and peace’ (SDP) mov…
Urban Youth, Worklessness and Sport
The potential value of sport as a vehicle through which urban regeneration and social renewal policy can be delivered has been extensively examined. However, there are an increasing number of initiatives aiming to use sports-based programmes as a way to address worklessness and social exclusion amongst young people which have received less attention. This paper provides a critical comparative analysis of two such programmes, one based in Rotterda…
Football's coming home
A key feature of government policy in the last 30 years is the use of sport programmes as a vehicle for social change aiming to benefit and improve the lives of marginalized and vulnerable members of society. Sports policy-makers and practitioners have sought to use the 'power of sport' through sport-based intervention programmes to tackle key social issues. The Homeless World Cup is an example of this, comprising a football tournament held annua…
Sport and Social Exclusion in Global Society
Social exclusion is one of the most pressing challenges in post-industrial societies, encompassing economic, social, cultural and political dimensions. This important new book critically examines the relationship between sport and social exclusion, from global and cross-cultural perspectives. The book analyses sport and social exclusion by focusing on three key questions: How does social exclusion affect participation in sport? How is social excl…
Understanding leisure in a complex world
The 11th biennial conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure studies (ANZALS) took place on 4–6 December 2013 at Monash University, Frankston, Australia. Ninety delegates
A Fair Game for All? How Community Sports Clubs in Australia Deal With Diversity
Diversity and equality are key issues confronting sport. This article draws on findings from qualitative research carried out in Australia to critically examine how diversity is understood and valued in community sport. The findings suggest that there is a discrepancy between the policy objectives of government and sport organizations and the way in which diversity is understood and responded to in practice. Diversity management is not being adop…
It’s Recovery United for Me”
This paper builds on the concept of mental health recovery to critically examine three football projects in the United Kingdom and their effects on the recovery process. Drawing on qualitative research on the lived experiences of mental health clients and service providers across the three projects, we explore the role of football in relation to three components of recovery: engagement, stigma, and social isolation. The findings indicate how the …
Sport and the Resettlement of Young People From Refugee Backgrounds in Australia
Within recent years, policy makers and practitioners have increasingly drawn on sport as a vehicle to assist with the resettlement of young people from refugee backgrounds. This article presents the views of sport development and resettlement service staff responsible for supporting the participation of young refugees within sport. Our data suggest that while there are a myriad of well-established barriers beyond the sporting context that restric…
Transforming communities through sport? critical pedagogy and sport for development
The value of sport as a vehicle for social development and progressive social change has been much debated, yet what tends to get missed in this debate is the way education may foster, enable or impede the transformative action that underpins the social outcomes to which the ‘sport for development and peace’ (SDP) sector aspires. This article draws on the critical pedagogy of Paulo Freire and his contemporaries to examine the nature of transforma…
Education, pedagogy and sport for development
This special issue features the growing field of Sport for Development. Importantly few questions have been raised about the educative quality of sport for development programmes or the pedagogies by which they are delivered. This seems to be something of an oversight since; by definition development infers some sort of learning or educative process. This introductory paper provides an editorial commentary and summary on the papers included in th…
Localizing global sport for development
Public interest in sport studies continues to grow throughout the world. This series brings together the latest work in the field and acts as a
Community connections in health and physical education
Community development research suggests that positive partnerships and connections between groups can result in stronger, more resilient and productive communities. Despite community connections featuring increasingly at a curriculum level in countries such as Australia and New Zealand, research is only beginning to explore the nuanced processes that precede the creation and sustenance of connections between students, teachers and their local com…
State of leisure studies in Australia and New Zealand
A recurring theme has emerged from past ANZALS (Australia and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies) Conferences' keynote presentations concerning the status of leisure studies from a teaching and research perspective. While this broad discussion has been raised, little is formally known about the current status of leisure studies in Australian and New Zealand universities. The ANZALS Board initiated a project in 2015 to gain insights into …
Re-theorising inclusion and reframing inclusive practice in physical education
Inclusion remains a key political agenda for education internationally and is a matter that teachers across subject communities and phases of education are challenged to respond to. In physical education specifically, research continues to highlight that current practice often reaffirms rather than challenges established inequities. This paper critically explores the understandings of inclusion that contribute to this situation and addresses the …
Attitudes of pre-service physical education teachers to healthism
Healthism is both an ideological and a regulative discourse that manifests as a tendency to conceive health as a product of individual choice. Healthism represents a collection of taken-for-granted assumptions, positioned at the intersection of morality, blame and health, that can lead to a privileging of ‘healthy’ and ‘productive’ individuals. It is argued that healthism is a key issue for physical educators and a significant focus for research.…
Federal Government Involvement in Australian Disability Sport, 1981–2015
Few historical accounts of Australian sport policy have explicitly profiled the federal government’s involvement in disability sport. In this paper, we draw on the concept of ableism as a lens to address this lacuna. In doing so, we profile the history of the Commonwealth government involvement in disability sport and explore how the policy of ‘mainstreaming’ has emerged through partnerships led by the Australian Paralympic Committee with Nationa…
Revisiting Family Leisure Research and Critical Reflections on the Future of Family-Centered Scholarship
In this special issue of Leisure Sciences, we examine the progress made and challenges ahead in research on leisure and families—20 years revisited. We consider what advancements have been made in family leisure research and potential new directions that family-centered scholars can look towards. We also consider the dominance of particular theoretical perspectives and methodological designs, and the limitations and consequences of such perspecti…
Diversity work in community sport organizations
Diversity is a key term used in a range of public and private organizations to describe institutional goals, values and practices. Sport is a prominent social institution where the language of diversity is frequently and positively used; yet, this rhetoric does not necessarily translate into actual practice within sport organizations. This paper critically examines diversity work in community sports clubs. Drawing upon qualitative research at 31 …
Sport coaches as policy actors
This paper draws upon education policy sociology, and sport coaching literature, in critically examining sport coaches as policy actors. Stephen Ball and colleagues’ conceptualisation of different policy actor positions and roles provided the framework for research that investigated how eight professional swimming coaches in Victoria, Australia, interpreted and enacted disability and inclusion policy. A discourse analysis of semi-structured inter…
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