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Researching Disability Sport

Author : Ben Powis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000810631
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Researching Disability Sport written by Ben Powis and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marking a new direction for disability sport scholarship, this book explores cutting-edge issues and engages creatively with contemporary approaches to research in this important emerging discipline. Featuring contributions from leading and up-and-coming scholars around the world, the book’s wide-ranging chapters offer novel perspectives on the relationship between theory, method, and empiricism in disability sport research and highlight how researchers can be both innovative and informed when entering the field. It also explores methodological considerations when conducting disability sport research, including social, cultural, and political reflections of the research process from disabled and non-disabled academics. This much-needed resource supports disability sport scholars in developing a conceptual grounding in the subject and establishes a space for intersectional accounts of sport and physical activity which challenge homogenous understandings of disability. This book is essential reading for any student or researcher working in disability sport, adapted physical activity, or adapted physical education, and a valuable reference for anybody with an interest in the sociology of sport, disability studies, cultural studies, the body, or research methodology.

Disability and Youth Sport

Author : Hayley Fitzgerald
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0415470412
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Disability and Youth Sport written by Hayley Fitzgerald and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2009 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection offers a deep and broad perspective for analysis by drawing on literature from disability studies, special educational needs (SEN), sports pedagogy, physical education and youth sport, and the sociology of sport.

Embodiment, Identity and Disability Sport

Author : Ben Powis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100004694X
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Embodiment, Identity and Disability Sport written by Ben Powis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the complex relationship between embodiment, identity and disability sport, based on ethnographic research with an international-level visually impaired cricket team. Alongside issues of empowerment, classification and valorisation, it conceptualises the sensuous dimension of being in disability sport and challenges the idealised notion of the sporting body. It explores the players’ lived experiences of participating and competing in an elite disabled sport culture and uses an embodied theoretical approach drawing upon sociology, phenomenology and contemporary disability theory to examine aspects of this previously unexamined research "site," both on and off the pitch. Written in a way that values and accurately represents the participants’ traditionally marginalised voices, the book analyses the role that elite disability sport plays in the construction of identity and helps us to better understand the relationships between disability, sport and wider society. Embodiment, Identity and Disability Sport is essential reading for any student, researcher, practitioner or policymaker working in disability sport, and a source of useful new perspectives for anybody with an interest in the sociology of sport or disability studies.

Paralympics and Disability Sport

Author : Brett Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134922833
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Paralympics and Disability Sport written by Brett Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic research on the Paralympics and disability sport is growing. University courses, governing bodies, and sporting organisations are also witnessing a rise of interest in disabled sport. This book is therefore timely and of importance. Written by leading scholars, it addresses a variety of topics in relation to the Paralympics and disability sport. These include: the sociology of Paralympic sport; sport coaching at recreational and elite level; sport history and exercise rehabilitation; exercise participation; and future directions for disability sport research. Throughout the book, disability sport is both celebrated and critically examined. Critical questions are raised, and practical suggestions offered, about being a Paralympian, coaching athletes with a disability, and exercise as a form of rehabilitation. Empirical evidence is drawn from different people and various sports. These range from autoethnographic stories from a former Paralympian, to interviews with disability sport administrators, to observations of and interviews with coaches of athletes in the sports of adapted water skiing, para-swimming, and wheelchair basketball, rugby and tennis. The book will be of interest to sociologists of sport, sport coaches, sport and exercise psychologists, disability scholars, qualitative researchers, and disability sporting organisations. This book was published as a special issue of Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health.

Disability, Sport and Society

Author : Nigel Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134183224
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Disability, Sport and Society written by Nigel Thomas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-12-05 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disability sport is a relatively recent phenomenon, yet it is also one that, particularly in the context of social inclusion, is attracting increasing political and academic interest. The purpose of this important new text – the first of its kind – is to introduce the reader to key concepts in disability and disability sport and to examine the complex relationships between modern sport, disability and other aspects of wider society. Drawing upon original data from interviews, surveys and policy documents, the book examines how disability sport has developed and is currently organised, and explores key themes, issues and concepts including: disability theory and policy the emergence and development of disability sport disability sport development in local authorities mainstreaming disability sport disability, physical education and school sport elite disability sport and the Paralympic Games disability sport and the media. Including chapter summaries, seminar questions and lists of key websites and further reading throughout, Sport, Disability and Society provides both an easy to follow introduction and a critical exploration of the key issues surrounding disability sport in the twenty-first century. This book is an invaluable resource for all students, researchers and professionals working in sport studies, disability studies, physical education, sociology and social policy. Nigel Thomas is Head of Sport and Exercise at Staffordshire University, UK, where his research focuses on the history, mainstreaming, and media coverage of disability sport. He previously worked for ten years with young disabled people as a sports development officer in local authorities and national governing bodies. Andy Smith is Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport and Exercise at the University of Chester, UK. He is a co-editor of the International Journal of Sport Policy, and a co-author of Sport Policy and Development: A Sociological Introduction, and An Introduction to Drugs in Sport: Addicted to Winning? Both books are published by Routledge (2009).

Disability Sport

Author : Karen P. DePauw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781492596226
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Disability Sport written by Karen P. DePauw and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity

Author : Richard Medcalf
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351971018
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity written by Richard Medcalf and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity goes beyond the content of introductory research methods texts to provide an insight into the methodological hurdles that are experienced when researching ‘difference’ in Sport and Physical Activity. Contributors reflect upon how the rhetoric of research methodology transfers into the reality of data collection across ‘difference’. Presenting case studies of real research projects, the book covers a range of topics, such as: disability in sport and physical activity vulnerable children in sport and physical activity visual research tools when working with children in a primary school setting physical activity, sedentary behaviour and obesity through childhood diverse ethnic groups in sport and physical activity settings. Each chapter contends with practical issues of power and representation within the research process, to recognise how a researcher–participant relationship that considers those who are ‘othered’ serves to change the dynamics and processes of research. This is an important resource for students of all sports related subjects and essential reading for anyone interested in the study of marginalised populations in sport and physical activity.

Handbook of Disability Sport and Exercise Psychology

Author : Jeffrey J. Martin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190638052
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Disability Sport and Exercise Psychology written by Jeffrey J. Martin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, very few sport and exercise psychologists and professionals from related fields such as disability and rehabilitation have conducted thorough research on individuals with disabilities engaged in sport and exercise. The tide is turning, however, as growing media attention and familiarity with the Paralympics and the Wounded Warrior Project begins capturing the attention of researchers everywhere. By addressing this gap, Jeffrey J. Martin's compelling Handbook of Disability Sport and Exercise Psychology is one of the first comprehensive overviews of this important and emerging field of study. In this volume, Martin, an accomplished professor of sport and exercise psychology, shines a light on a variety of topics ranging from philosophy, athletic identity, participation motivation, quality of life, social and environmental barriers, body image, and intellectual impairments among many other issues. Based on the author's own experience and insight, a majority of these topic discussions in this volume are accompanied by thoughtful directions for future research and exploration. Designed to spark conversation and initiate new avenues of research, the Handbook of Disability Sport and Exercise Psychology will allow for readers to look outside the traditional literature focusing largely on able-bodied individuals and, instead, develop a much greater perspective on sport and exercise psychology today.

Researching Embodied Sport

Author : Ian Wellard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317644239
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Researching Embodied Sport written by Ian Wellard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite a growing interest in the sociology of the body, there has to date been a lack of scholarly work addressing the embodied aspects which form a central part of our understanding and experience of sport and movement cultures. Researching Embodied Sport explores the political, social and cultural significance of embodied approaches to the study of sport, physical activities and dance. It explains how embodied approaches fit with existing theory in studies of sport and movement cultures and makes a compelling case for incorporating an embodied approach into the study of sporting practices and experience. The book adopts a multi-disciplinary lens, moving beyond the traditional dualism of body and mind, and incorporating the physical with the social and the psychological. It applies key theories that have shaped our thinking about the body and sport, and examines both the personal, subjective experience of sporting activities and those experiences involving engagement and contact with other people, in team sports for example. The book also explores the methodological implications of ‘doing’ embodied research, particularly in terms of qualitative approaches to sports research. Written by a team of leading international sports researchers, and packed with vivid examples from sporting contexts as diverse as surfing, fell running, korfball and disability sport, Researching Embodied Sport is fascinating reading for any advanced student or researcher working in the sociology of sport, physical cultural studies, physical education, body studies or health studies.

Leveraging Disability Sport Events

Author : Laura Misener
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351610120
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Leveraging Disability Sport Events written by Laura Misener and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This empirically-grounded text examines the policy, planning, development and implementation of disability sport events. It draws insights from a major international comparative study of different types of large multi-national sporting events: integrated events where able-bodied athletes and athletes with a disability compete alongside one another, and non-integrated events where athletes with a disability are separated by time but occurring in the same location. Guided by a critical disability studies perspective, the book highlights the strategic opportunity of sporting events to influence social change around community participation, and attitudes and awareness about disability more broadly. It also challenges assumptions about positive event legacies and suggests a need for a multi-lateral approach to planning. An important read for students, researchers and scholars in the fields of sport policy, sport development, disability sport, sport management, disability studies and event studies.

Body and Politics

Author : Guan Zhixun
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781536135107
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Body and Politics written by Guan Zhixun and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been growing interest in research on disability sport internationally, yet little research has concentrated on the development of disability sport in China. This book focuses on elite disability sport in China in the context of history, politics, policies and practice from 1979 to 2012. It examines the relationship between athletes with disabilities and the three major disability games: the Paralympic Games, the Special Olympic Games and the Deaflympic Games. Three key questions are asked: What policies have ensured the success of elite disability sport? How do the elite sport system and management of elite disability sport work in China? In what way has elite disability sport empowered athletes with disabilities in China? The book includes a comprehensive literature review on the historical development of disability sport in China and beyond. Functionalism and empowerment are the major theoretical backgrounds for the research. The former analyses the function of elite sport policies, systems and other factors occurring during the process, whilst the latter examines the relationship of empowerment between elite disability sport and athletes in China. The three major disability competitions are used as case studies. A qualitative research methodology with specific methods of semistructured interviews, data collection and documentary analysis is applied to the research. The thesis concludes that the development of elite disability sport in China has received strong support from the government. Elite disability sport is closely linked with Chinas politics and international image. The success of athletes with disabilities on the international stage has raised the awareness of the issues facing people with disabilities. This has changed their image in Chinese society in general, and has empowered athletes with disabilities in particular. However, there is unbalanced development in elite disability sport. The book concludes by indicating some potential future directions for further research.

The Palgrave Handbook of Disability Sport in Europe

Author : Caroline van Lindert
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031217594
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Disability Sport in Europe written by Caroline van Lindert and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook explores the various ways in which disability sport is governed and organised across Europe, as well as examining the extent to which persons with a disability participate in sport at the grassroots level. Based upon a solid theoretical framework and up-to-date data, the 19 country-specific chapters in this handbook give a comparative overview of the structuring, steering and supporting elements of disability sport policy and sport participation levels amongst persons with a disability, as well as the extent to which countries adopt policies to promote inclusion in sport in this population. A multitude of authors also identify the various methods and challenges in collecting sport participation data with regard to persons with a disability. This handbook will be a valuable resource for academic study across a range of sport and disability related programs, as well as a point of reference for researchers and policymakers working in this area.

Sports, Religion and Disability

Author : Nick J. Watson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317581474
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Sports, Religion and Disability written by Nick J. Watson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking book provides a fascinating insight into the relationship between sports (and leisure), religion and disability. In the shadow of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, at which athletes that were both able-bodied and disabled, provided an extravaganza of sporting excellence and drama, this text is a timely and important synthesis of ideas that have emerged in two previously distinct areas of research: (i) ‘disability sport’ and (ii) the ‘theology of disability’. Many of the elite athletes at this global sporting mega-event often explicitly displayed their religious beliefs, and in turn their importance in the context of sport, by observing different religious rituals, and or, utilising the multi-faith sports chaplaincy service. This raises a whole range of unanswered questions with regard to the intersections between sports, religion and disability, which to-date has been under- researched. Examples of subjects addressed in this text include: elite physical disability sport--Paralympics; intellectual disability sport--Special Olympics; reflections on the illness narrative of the cyclist Lance Armstrong through the lens of the theology of ‘radical orthodoxy’; the application of biblical athletic metaphors in understanding modern conceptions of disability sport; the role of sport and spirituality in the rehabilitation of injured British Military personnel, and; the importance of sports and leisure in L’Arche communities. This book begins a critical conversation on these topics, and many others, for both researchers and practitioners. This book was based on two special issues of the Journal of Religion, Disability and Health.

Sport and the Female Disabled Body

Author : Elisabet Apelmo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317051106
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Sport and the Female Disabled Body written by Elisabet Apelmo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This path-breaking book analyses the experiences of young sporting women with physical impairments. Taking phenomenology as a point of departure, Elisabet Apelmo explores how the young women handle living with a body which, on the one hand, is viewed as deviant – the disabled body – and on the other hand is viewed as accomplished – the sporting body. A polarization is apparent between the weak, which is manifested through the expression of belonging as "we", and the strong individual. The subject position as strong, positive and capable – as a reaction towards the weak, the negative – is one of the few positions that are available to them. Furthermore, the book demonstrates the strategies of resistance the young women develop against the marginalisation, stereotyping and othering they experience in their everyday lives. Finally, the author discusses the paradox of gender. Disabled bodies are often seen as non-gendered, however, these young women’s experiences are structured by both the gender regimes within sports and the larger gender order of the society.

Disability Sport, Classification, and Sport/Leisure Learning

Author : Human Kinetics
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780736011976
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Disability Sport, Classification, and Sport/Leisure Learning written by Human Kinetics and published by . This book was released on 1999-06-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special issue of Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly (APAQ), titled “Disability Sport, Classification, and Sport/Leisure Learning,” explores the theoretical richness of research on sport participation by individuals with disabilities. Claudine Sherrill, a professor at Texas Woman's University at Denton, proposes a conceptual framework that could be helpful in organizing the growing research base of disability sport and guiding further research. While most research is done in an effort to develop a theory, Sherrill suggests several theories that could be used to guide disability sport. These theories include participation, classification, performance, and communication. - Participation research would be organized under the constructs of who, when, where, what, and how. For instance, when might focus on variables affecting optimal times for recruitment from sport. - The disability sport classification theory's basic goal would be to ensure that winning or losing an event depends on talent, training, skills, and fitness rather than on unevenness among disability-related variables. - Performance theory pertains to explaining or predicting phenomena such as winning and losing, achieving a personal best, managing injury, and other such events. - Communication theory pertains to ways of expressing beliefs, perceptions, attitudes, intentions, and actions in relation to disability sport. Related articles in this special issue include discussion of the parameters of these proposed theories as well as related practices.

Inclusion Through Sports

Author : Ronald W. Davis
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Inclusion Through Sports written by Ronald W. Davis and published by Human Kinetics Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to use sport as the common element to build an effective physical education program that includes students with and without disabilities. Inclusion Through Sportsis not merely a how-to for disability sport; it presents games and activities derived from six popular disability sports that will improve appropriate services to students with disabilities and broaden and enrich your curriculum for all students. If you are a teacher with minimal or no training in adapted physical education and you're being asked to teach students with disabilities, then this book is for you! The disability sports featured in this book are promoted through organizations that conduct national or international competitions, so students learn skills that they'll have a greater opportunity to use throughout their lifetime. Specific inclusion suggestions address the psychomotor, cognitive, and affective domains, so students with disabilities can play decision-making roles that engage them as full participants. Whether you want to present a disability sport in its entirety or integrate selected disability sport skills into your sport units, Inclusion Through Sportsshows you how. After an introductory section, you'll find two disability sports for each of three categories: -Invasion games -Net games -Court games and track events For each sport you'll find an assortment of individual, small group, and teamwork games, complete with easy-to-follow adaptation guidelines. Each game is organized by skills taught, formation, equipment, description, and extension. The games also are grouped according to functional profiles for students with low, moderate, and high ability, so you can easily tailor your class activities to the capabilities of your students. You'll also find these helpful features: -A handy inclusion index that enables you to quickly find a sport and identify which disability sports use the same skills from your general physical education curriculum -228 illustrations that clearly depict the games and techniques used, including wheelchair positioning, purchasing, and maintenance -36 student functional profiles to help you modify activities for students with low, moderate, and high ability -Several examples of how to apply the games to the assessment and IEP (individualized education plan) process Inclusion Through Sportshelps teachers expand students' awareness of disability sports and provide rich, individualized sport experiences for all students.

Movement and Visual Impairment

Author : Justin A. Haegele
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000318664
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Movement and Visual Impairment written by Justin A. Haegele and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to offer an in-depth review of research pertaining to individuals with visual impairments across the full span of movement-related disciplines, from biomechanics and motor learning to physical education and Paralympic sport. Each chapter highlights current research trends, future research directions, and practical implications in a key discipline or area of professional practice, drawing on empirical research evidence and opening up new avenues for cross-disciplinary working. Covering physical activity across the life course, from children and young people through to older adults, and addressing the important topic of deafblindness in some depth, the book goes further than any other book published to date on visual impairment and movement. This is essential reading for all advanced students and researchers working in sport, exercise and disability, and an invaluable reference for practitioners and service providers, from in-service teachers and camp directors to physical therapists and physical activity promotion specialists.