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Enright, Eimear; Kirk, David; Macdonald, Doune – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2020
As new markets and opportunities for profit are being sought within and around schools, boundaries between private and public, profit and philanthropy are blurring and the boundaries that circumscribe knowledge and expertise are being reconstituted. This paper considers how expertise is constituted when curriculum work is outsourced to new actors…
Descriptors: Expertise, Neoliberalism, Outsourcing, Health Education
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Jones, Ruan; Harvey, Stephen; Kirk, David – Sport, Education and Society, 2016
While not wishing to cover old ground in articulating the promise or continued promise of phenomenology within the physical education and sports domains, this paper aims to explore the "human" nature of the game-centred approach (GCA) from an existential-phenomenological perspective. In a recent review of literature on the current state…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Physical Education, Games, Educational Games
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Kirk, David – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2001
Discusses social construction of the body through schooling, in particular physical education and sports. Suggests examination of the effects of these programs on young people. Argues that common practices often serve to alienate young people from their bodies, rather than educating them. (Contains 23 references.) (NB)
Descriptors: Alienation, Athletics, Body Image, Concept Formation