Sport and physical education are considered a powerful tool to empower children from socially vulnerable backgrounds (SVB). The purpose of this study was to analyse coaches' perceptions of the effect of the Sport Education (SE) pedagogical model, and use of the allocation of roles beyond player in particular, on the empowerment of children from…

Research within the area of the sociology of physical education (PE) recognises that it is a subject which reinforces dominant ideologies about gender. The gendered nature of PE appears to continue into General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examinable PE, as the proportion of boys being examined in GCSE PE compared to girls is nearly…

Learning through motoric experience is a vital but often neglected component of a well balanced and comprehensive education. The performance of athletic activities enhances body awareness and contributes to the holistic learning process. However, unspoken mythic patterns assumed by Western society systematically inhibit full exploration of certain…