Darwinism in the gym

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dc.contributor.authorPope, Clive C.
dc.contributor.authorO’Sullivan, Mary
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-19T01:57:39Z
dc.date.available2011-10-19T01:57:39Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the ecology of “free gym” as it occurred in both school lunch hour and after-school community settings. In an effort to understand how urban youth experience sport, an ethnography using multiple methods was conducted to ascertain how urban youth shape their own cultures according to the social forces operating within the gymnasium. A period of sustained observation revealed a student-imposed hierarchy that was dominated by skilled male African American basketball players. Status was gained through what occurred within the free-gym ecology. Students often had to learn the system by “serving time” before they could join a desired level of the hierarchy. While a few students thrived in this environment, most merely survived or were marginalized. Such a setting has implications for how physical education and school culture is subjected to wider societal influences. The presence of socially chronic situations such as free gym require a pedagogy that is more democratic and more enriching, thereby moving from the real toward the ideal.en_NZ
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dc.identifier.citationPope, C.C. & O’Sullivan, M. (2003). Darwinism in the gym. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 22, 311-327.en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1123/jtpe.22.3.311en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/5833
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHuman Kinetics Publishers, Inc.en_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfJournal of Teaching in Physical Educationen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttp://journals.humankinetics.com/AcuCustom/SiteName/Documents/DocumentItem/2686.pdfen_NZ
dc.rightsThis article has been published in the journal: Journal of Teaching in Physical Education. ©2003 Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.en_NZ
dc.subjectextracurriculumen_NZ
dc.subjectyouth cultureen_NZ
dc.subjectgymnasium ecologyen_NZ
dc.titleDarwinism in the gymen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
pubs.begin-page311en_NZ
pubs.editionAprilen_NZ
pubs.elements-id29307
pubs.end-page327en_NZ
pubs.issue3en_NZ
pubs.volume22en_NZ
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