Sport, Socialization and the School: Toward Maturity or Enculturation?

Autor/in	Schafer, Walter E.
Institution	Oregon School Study Council, Eugene.
Titel	Sport, Socialization and the School: Toward Maturity or Enculturation?
Quelle	17 (1974) 5, (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Athletics; Cultural Enrichment; Educational Sociology; Extramural Athletics; Maturation; Physical Education; Socialization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leichtathletik; Bildungssoziologie; Erziehungssoziologie; Außerunterrichtlicher Schulsport; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Socialisation; Sozialisation
Abstract	This paper is intended to contribute to the reexamination of the proper role of sport and its actual relationship to the educational enterprise of which it is a part. Two polar views of the proper purpose of schooling are discussed first: education for maturity and education for enculturation. The opinion is then set forth that American public schools approach more closely the enculturation rather than the maturity ideal. Interscholastic sports are held to be an important mechanism for fostering enculturation; they contribute only in a limited way to the maturity of the participant or spectator. Several implications of this analysis for educational policy toward sport are drawn. It is felt that sociologists of sport can and should actively contribute to a more humane system of school athletics by addressing themselves to policy-related questions and by helping to plan, implement, and evaluate new models of sport and physical education. (Author/DDO)
Anmerkungen	Oregon School Study Council, 124 College of Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403 ($2.00)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01