"Just Open Your Eyes a Bit More": The Methodological Challenges of Researching Black and Minority Ethnic Students' Experiences of Physical Education Teacher Education

Autor/inn/en	Flintoff, Anne; Webb, Louisa
Titel	"Just Open Your Eyes a Bit More": The Methodological Challenges of Researching Black and Minority Ethnic Students' Experiences of Physical Education Teacher Education
Quelle	In: Sport, Education and Society, 17 (2012) 5, S.571-589 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-3322
DOI	10.1080/13573322.2011.553951
Schlagwörter	Physical Education; Teacher Education; Ethnicity; Physical Education Teachers; Educational Research; Researchers; Racial Differences; Power Structure; Feminism; Research Methodology; Sampling; Blacks; Foreign Countries; Minority Groups; Student Diversity; Asians; Whites; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Ethnizität; Physical education; Physical training; Teacher; Teachers; Sportlehrer; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Researcher; Forscher; Rassenunterschied; Feminismus; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Black person; Schwarzer; Ausland; Ethnische Minderheit; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; White; Weißer; Großbritannien
Abstract	In this paper we discuss some of the challenges of centralising "race" and ethnicity in Physical Education (PE) research, through reflecting on the design and implementation of a study exploring Black and minority ethnic students' experiences of their teacher education. Our aim in the paper is to contribute to ongoing theoretical and methodological debates about intersectionality, and specifically about difference and power in the research process. As McCorkel and Myers notes, the "researchers" backstage'--the assumptions, motivations, narratives and relations--that underpin any research are not always made visible and yet are highly significant in judging the quality and substance of the resulting project. As feminists, we argue that the invisibility of "race" and ethnicity within Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE), and PE research more widely, is untenable; however, we also show how centralising "race" and ethnicity raised significant methodological and epistemological questions, particularly given our position as White researchers and lecturers. In this paper, we reflect on a number of aspects of our research "journey": the theoretical and methodological challenges of operationalising concepts of "race" and ethnicity, the practical issues and dilemmas involved in recruiting participants for the study, the difficulties of "talking race" personally and professionally and challenges of representing the experiences of "others". (Contains 1 table and 10 notes.) (As Provided).
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