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The Poverty of Theory: Class Configurations in the Discourse of Physical Education and Health (PEH)
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Evans, John; Davies, Brian – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2008
Background: At the heart of this polemic lies the view that contemporary research in PE and Health (PEH) has largely overlooked one of the key determinants of social behaviour, social class and its expression in and outside schools; an omission that has quite serious consequences for how we (researchers and teachers) think about and conceptualise…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Social Class, Educational Research, Health Promotion
Change Matters: Critical Essays on Moving Social Justice Research from Theory to Policy. Critical Qualitative Research. Volume 1
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Miller, S. J., Ed.; Kirkland, David E., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2010
"Change Matters," written by leading scholars committed to social justice in English education, provides researchers, university instructors, and preservice and inservice teachers with a framework that pivots social justice toward policy. The chapters in this volume detail rationales about generating social justice theory in what Freire calls "the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Social Class, Qualitative Research, Marital Status
Perceptions of Inequality: Primary School Children's Discourse on Social Class.
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Short, Geoffrey – Educational Studies, 1991
Deals with the development of children's understanding of social class. Presents results of a study of English 6 to 11 year olds' answers to questions concerning wealth, poverty, and social class inequality. Determines that older children could benefit directly from teaching about social class inequality. Finds more indirect methods necessary…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Social Attitudes