Sports profile in public elementary school: Is it school politics or sports politics?
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Sports profile in public elementary school : Is it school politics or sports politics? / Warren Pedersen, Lise; Trangbæk, Else.
In: Movement & Sport Sciences, No. 78, 2012, p. 53-59.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 -
ID: 41839137