Examinations in physical education: A sociological perspective on a 'new orthodoxy'
| dc.contributor.author | Green, Ken | * |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-07-04T16:15:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-07-04T16:15:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001-03 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2001, 22(1), pp. 51-73 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0142-5692 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1465-3346 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/01425690020030783 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10034/232136 | |
| dc.description | This article is not available through ChesterRep. | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article discusses the rapid growth of academic examinations (GCSE and 'A'-level) in physical education (PE) from a sociological, specifically figurational, perspective. It utilises data from the author's own research in order to examine: (i) how one might explain the significant increase in GCSE and 'A'-level PE and Sports Studies sociologically; and (ii) if such growth can justifiably be said to represent the emergence of a 'new orthodoxy' or, for that matter, an orthodoxy at all-rather than merely a consensus of thought and practice among PE teachers. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This article was submitted to the RAE2008 for the University of Chester - Sports-Related Studies. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Carfax Publishing | |
| dc.relation.url | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cbse20 | en_GB |
| dc.rights | Archived with thanks to British Journal of Sociology of Education | en_GB |
| dc.subject | physical education | en_GB |
| dc.subject | examinations | en_GB |
| dc.subject | schools | en_GB |
| dc.title | Examinations in physical education: A sociological perspective on a 'new orthodoxy' | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Chester College of Higher Education | |
| dc.identifier.journal | British Journal of Sociology of Education | en_GB |
| html.description.abstract | This article discusses the rapid growth of academic examinations (GCSE and 'A'-level) in physical education (PE) from a sociological, specifically figurational, perspective. It utilises data from the author's own research in order to examine: (i) how one might explain the significant increase in GCSE and 'A'-level PE and Sports Studies sociologically; and (ii) if such growth can justifiably be said to represent the emergence of a 'new orthodoxy' or, for that matter, an orthodoxy at all-rather than merely a consensus of thought and practice among PE teachers. |