TY - JOUR

T1 - Sports profile in public elementary school

T2 - Is it school politics or sports politics?

AU - Warren Pedersen, Lise

AU - Trangbæk, Else

N1 - CURIS 2012 5200 143

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - In 2005, Copenhagen municipality decided to develop and implement a sport and movement profile at a local elementary school. The overall development is discussed as are specific results and consequences of the decision. The role of physical education and teachers in relation to a health discourse, sport and school sports viewed as an arena for talent identification and development will be discussed. In addition, a question of inequality raised, as a group of talented athletes are accepted into specific sports classes, focusing on cultural capital and the possibility of the educational system as reproducing or as an arena for social mobility. Finally a discussion of the possibilities for either sports policy development or school policy development through single initiatives is presented.

AB - In 2005, Copenhagen municipality decided to develop and implement a sport and movement profile at a local elementary school. The overall development is discussed as are specific results and consequences of the decision. The role of physical education and teachers in relation to a health discourse, sport and school sports viewed as an arena for talent identification and development will be discussed. In addition, a question of inequality raised, as a group of talented athletes are accepted into specific sports classes, focusing on cultural capital and the possibility of the educational system as reproducing or as an arena for social mobility. Finally a discussion of the possibilities for either sports policy development or school policy development through single initiatives is presented.

U2 - 10.1051/sm/2012017

DO - 10.1051/sm/2012017

M3 - Journal article

SP - 53

EP - 59

JO - Science et Motricite

JF - Science et Motricite

SN - 2118-5735

IS - 78

ER -