Sport Academies in Schools: Examining Their Rise in Popularity

Autor/inn/en	Leong, Douglas; Chorney, David
Titel	Sport Academies in Schools: Examining Their Rise in Popularity
Quelle	In: Physical Educator, 77 (2020) 3, S.654-667 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2160-1682
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Public Schools; Athletics; Elementary Secondary Education; Physical Education; Athletes; Educational Policy; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Leichtathletik; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Athlet; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Kanada
Abstract	This paper looks at the increasing number school sports academies in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. An examination of the information available via literature and public school websites shows that the number of school sports academies grew from two schools in 2005 to 30 schools in 2018. There are 12 sport specializations offered across the 30 schools, with ice hockey available at 22 of the schools. This growth in the number of school sports academies can be traced back to the Province of Alberta's Alternative Programs policy, which allows school districts to develop local courses that cater to the needs of their students, and the principle of opening the boundaries between school boards and schools throughout the province. The opening of the boundaries has allowed students and their parents to choose where they want to attend school anywhere in Alberta (student mobility), including the option of a school that offers a school sports academy program as an alternative to the regular physical education program. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01