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  • Sport: Social Problems and Issues

    by Frank Kew ...
    Sport: Social Problems and Issues provides a detailed analysis and critique of contemporary social problems and issues for the coach, organizer, teacher or student of sport.Drawing upon perspectives from social science, it examines change and development of modern sport, both nationally and internationally, enabling students and practitioners to address those problems and issues which threaten the ... Read more

    $48.08 CAD

  • Understanding Leisure

    by Les Haywood, Peter Bramham, John Spink, John Capenerhurst, Ian Henry, Frank Kew ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Leisure Studies
    First published in 1989. Understanding Leisure is a readable introductory analysis of the key elements in the study of leisure. This includes leisure concepts and dimensions of leisure, its activity forms, participants, provision, and leisure futures, leisure and social theory. A collaborative work of six authors, Understanding Leisure is a textbook which introduces the reader to the interrelated ... Read more

    $76.94 CAD

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  • The Essentials of School Leadership

    by Brent Davies ...
    Building on the success of the first edition, this book provides a focused up-to-date introduction to the current themes and dimensions of educational leadership through contributions from some of the leading authors in the field.Each chapter introduces the reader to a key aspect of leadership. This new edition has been fully updated to include recent developments, new chapter summaries and ... Read more

    $89.59 CAD

  • The Work of Professional Football

    A Labour of Love?

    by Martin Roderick ...
    A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious career and ordinary working culture of professional footballers. Away from the celebrity-obsessed media gaze, the work of a professional footballer is rarely glamorous and for most players a career in football is insecure and short-lived.A former professional, Martin Roderick’s familiarity with the world of football is the foundation ... Read more

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  • The Sociology of Children, Childhood and Generation

    by Madeleine Leonard ...
    Outlining sociology’s distinctive contribution to childhood studies and our understanding of contemporary children and childhood, The Sociology of Children, Childhood and Generation provides a thought provoking and comprehensive account of the connections between the macro worlds of childhood and the micro worlds of children’s everyday lives.Examining children’s involvement in areas such as the ... Read more

    $86.39 CAD

  • The Sports Coach as Educator

    Re-conceptualising Sports Coaching

    Edited by Robyn L. Jones ...
    Teaching athletes to improve their performance is the essence of sports coaching. In response to new government-led initiatives to invest in and develop coaching, this book is the first introduction to pedagogical theory for coaching. Bringing helpful insights from educational theory to bear on coaching practice, The Sports Coach as Educator expands and enriches the role of the coach and allows ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Sport

    A Critical Sociology

    by Richard Giulianotti ...
    In this new edition of his acclaimed book, Richard Giulianotti provides a critical sociological interpretation of modern sport. As global festivals such as the Olympic Games and football’s World Cup demonstrate, sport’s social, political, economic and cultural significance is becoming ever more apparent across the world.Ten years after its original publication, the text has been completely revised ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Sport, Exercise and Social Theory

    An Introduction

    by John Kelly, Győző Molnár ...
    Why are sport and exercise important?What can the study of sport and exercise tell us about wider society?Who holds the power in creating contemporary sport and exercise discourses?It is impossible to properly understand the role that sport and exercise play in contemporary society without knowing a little social theory. It is social theory that provides the vocabulary for our study of society, ... Read more

    $111.30 CAD

  • Communities of Practice

    Critical Perspectives

    Edited by Jason Hughes, Nick Jewson, Lorna Unwin ...
    This benchmark text provides an accessible yet critical introduction to the theory and application of communities of practice and their use in a diverse range of managerial and professional contexts, from education to human resource development.This book charts the development of the idea of communities of practice and explores the key relationship between learning and identity among:newcomers and ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Connecting Leadership and Learning

    Principles for Practice

    Edited by John MacBeath, Neil Dempster ...
    Leading schools is becoming almost daily a more complex and demanding job. Connecting Leadership and Learning reassesses the purpose of schools, the nature of learning and the qualities of leadership that make schools authentic places of learning.Starting with a review of what we can claim to know – and not know – about learning, leadership and their inter-relationship, this book explores what it ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Fields of Play

    An Ethnography of Children's Sports

    by Noel Dyck ...
    Series series Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
    Thousands of children participate in community sports every year, enjoying recreation time with their peers, getting healthy exercise, and learning a variety of personal and group skills. At the same time, children's sports are not without controversy: parents can be overly invested in their children's exploits, competitive success is often the focus, and rising costs can limit participation. ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD

  • A Philosopher Looks at Sport

    by Stephen Mumford ...
    Series series A Philosopher Looks At
    Why is sport so important among participants and spectators when its goals seem so pointless? Stephen Mumford's book introduces the reader to a host of philosophical topics found in sport, and argues that sports activities reflect diverse human experiences - including important values that we continue to contest. The author explores physicality, competition, how sport is best defined, ethics in ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD