Developing School Students' Identity and Engagement through Lifestyle Sports: A Case Study of Unicycling

Autor/in	Bignold, Wendy J.
Titel	Developing School Students' Identity and Engagement through Lifestyle Sports: A Case Study of Unicycling
Quelle	In: Sport, Education and Society, 18 (2013) 2, S.184-199 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-3322
DOI	10.1080/13573322.2011.558570
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Physical Education; Public Policy; Physical Activities; Surveys; Self Concept; Skill Development; Transfer of Training; Life Style; Athletics; Recreational Activities; Student Attitudes; Cross Cultural Studies; Questionnaires; Adolescents; Austria; France; Germany; Israel; Italy; Poland; South Korea; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Öffentliche Ordnung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Selbstkonzept; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Lebensstil; Leichtathletik; Freizeitgestaltung; Schülerverhalten; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Fragebogen; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Österreich; Frankreich; Deutschland; Italien; Polen; Korea; Republik; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	This article emerges from a background of UK policy concerns about young people's participation in physical activity. It rehearses the arguments for lifestyle sports as a rich ground for enhancing students' engagement with physical education (PE). A review of the still limited literature suggests that lifestyle sports may have an under-exploited potential to develop skills, confidence and personal identity in learners that transfer to other areas of learning and life. To illustrate the argument, the article takes unicycling as an instructive case of lifestyle sport, and draws on survey data from a study of unicyclists carried out in several countries. A discussion of these data explores the beneficial characteristics of this unusual sport as participants in the study perceive them. A conclusion suggests a need for greater flexibility in PE curricula which might 'mainstream' lifestyle sports for both inherent achievement and exponential personal development of students. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10