Brendan Ryan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3701292 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brendan Ryan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brendan |
| FAMILY NAME | Ryan |
| SIGNATURE | RYAN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Independent researcher |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8629-9634 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Perfect swings and broken selves
Youth sport academies are increasingly pervasive within global sport settings, yet their structure, purpose, and developmental consequences vary across national and sport-specific contexts. This narrative ethnographic study examines the lived experiences of four male former athletes who attended private junior golf academies in the United States during adolescence. Situated within a distinctly American, tuition-based, and commercially oriented ac…
The youth sports hustle
Better to Have Played Than Not Played? Childhood Sport Participation, Dropout Frequencies and Reasons, and Mental Health in Adulthood
This study considers the long-term mental health implications of organized youth sport participation, informed by an accumulation model of health, the Sport Commitment Model, and a life course perspective. Using data from the National Sports and Society Survey ( N = 3,931) and multiple regression analyses, results indicate that adults who continually played organized youth sport had fewer depressive and anxiety symptoms compared with those who pl…
Underneath the veneer of techno-positivity – exploring teachers’ perspectives on technology use in Further Education and Training
This qualitative study explores the views of nine teachers working in the Further Education and Training in Ireland regarding the use of technology. Drawing on in-depth interviews, thematic analysis exposed a techno-positive perspective and a hierarchy of technologies with newer technologies being valued more. A sort of ‘intangible’ quality is ascribed to technology, which we labelled ‘techno-magic’. The study uncovered a phenomenon of ‘techno-gu…
Competency‐based reforms to Australian teaching
Current Australian commitments to competency‐based teacher reforms have wide acceptance. The key to this has been the affirmative stance adopted by the peak education unions and by ‘progressive’ educationalists, the nominal guarantors of recent professional advances in teaching. Since Australian approaches to ‘competencies’ are part of a more general agenda of industrialization of education, what is clearly indicated are radical changes in the wa…
The Speedy Agenda
∗ The original version of this paper was presented at the Australasian Teacher Education Association Conference in Adelaide, July 1990. Notes ∗ The original version of this paper was presented at the Australasian Teacher Education Association Conference in Adelaide, July 1990
No Survivors - Nothing to Do
A Critique of Schooling and Work in the Democratic State
Education and Change in South Australia
∗ I wish to thank Brian condon and Pavla Miller for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper
Accountability in Australian Education
Better to Have Played Than Not Played? Childhood Sport Participation, Dropout Frequencies and Reasons, and Mental Health in Adulthood
This study considers the long-term mental health implications of organized youth sport participation, informed by an accumulation model of health, the Sport Commitment Model, and a life course perspective. Using data from the National Sports and Society Survey ( N = 3,931) and multiple regression analyses, results indicate that adults who continually played organized youth sport had fewer depressive and anxiety symptoms compared with those who pl…
Competency‐based reforms to Australian teaching
Current Australian commitments to competency‐based teacher reforms have wide acceptance. The key to this has been the affirmative stance adopted by the peak education unions and by ‘progressive’ educationalists, the nominal guarantors of recent professional advances in teaching. Since Australian approaches to ‘competencies’ are part of a more general agenda of industrialization of education, what is clearly indicated are radical changes in the wa…
Accountability in Australian Education
Accountability in Australian Education
Education and Change in South Australia
∗ I wish to thank Brian condon and Pavla Miller for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper
A Critique of Schooling and Work in the Democratic State
No Survivors - Nothing to Do
The Speedy Agenda
∗ The original version of this paper was presented at the Australasian Teacher Education Association Conference in Adelaide, July 1990. Notes ∗ The original version of this paper was presented at the Australasian Teacher Education Association Conference in Adelaide, July 1990
Competency‐based reforms to Australian teaching
Current Australian commitments to competency‐based teacher reforms have wide acceptance. The key to this has been the affirmative stance adopted by the peak education unions and by ‘progressive’ educationalists, the nominal guarantors of recent professional advances in teaching. Since Australian approaches to ‘competencies’ are part of a more general agenda of industrialization of education, what is clearly indicated are radical changes in the wa…
Underneath the veneer of techno-positivity – exploring teachers’ perspectives on technology use in Further Education and Training
This qualitative study explores the views of nine teachers working in the Further Education and Training in Ireland regarding the use of technology. Drawing on in-depth interviews, thematic analysis exposed a techno-positive perspective and a hierarchy of technologies with newer technologies being valued more. A sort of ‘intangible’ quality is ascribed to technology, which we labelled ‘techno-magic’. The study uncovered a phenomenon of ‘techno-gu…
Better to Have Played Than Not Played? Childhood Sport Participation, Dropout Frequencies and Reasons, and Mental Health in Adulthood
This study considers the long-term mental health implications of organized youth sport participation, informed by an accumulation model of health, the Sport Commitment Model, and a life course perspective. Using data from the National Sports and Society Survey ( N = 3,931) and multiple regression analyses, results indicate that adults who continually played organized youth sport had fewer depressive and anxiety symptoms compared with those who pl…
Perfect swings and broken selves
Youth sport academies are increasingly pervasive within global sport settings, yet their structure, purpose, and developmental consequences vary across national and sport-specific contexts. This narrative ethnographic study examines the lived experiences of four male former athletes who attended private junior golf academies in the United States during adolescence. Situated within a distinctly American, tuition-based, and commercially oriented ac…
The youth sports hustle
Political science (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Education Systems and Policy (2 works)