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Investigating Indicators for Measuring the Health and Social Impact of Sport and Recreation Programs |
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...in Australian Indigenous Communities
A project was undertaken in 2002 on behalf of the Australian Sports Commission to identify potential indicators of health and social outcomes from sport and recreation programs in Indigenous communities in Australia. The project consisted of three stages: 1) a literature review to identify specific indicators of potential relevance in the Indigenous Australian context; 2) discussions with key members of three Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory to identify community expectations and experiences of sport and recreation programs; and 3) consultation with relevant stakeholders to determine the potential usefulness and appropriateness of the indicators identified in the first two stages. A number of indicators are proposed for immediate testing and refinement, while others are recommended for future development.
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Daughters of Islam: Family Influences on Muslim Young Women's Participation in Sport |
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This article examines the significance of family influence on young women from minority (Muslim) communities who have participated in a combined sport and education programme designed to encourage access to further and higher education. The study explores how family expectations about the roles of young women affect the participants' responses to the programme. The research examines young women's understanding of their parents' views in relation to their participation in the programme and their broader aspirations for their daughters' adult lives in the family, education and employment domains. The young women's accounts of their family members' views on minority life in Britain, and the influence this might have on their own opportunities and experiences, are also considered. The research was conducted in partnership with a graduate female Muslim Sport and education development worker and with young female participants (n = 7) in the sports programme, all of whom were actively involved in the design, implementation and analysis of the study.
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`White Men Can't Jump': Race, Gender & Natural Athleticism |
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This study examined the ways young people negotiate, take up and/or resist dominant discourses of race, athleticism and sport in school physical education contexts in the southeastern United States. The participants in this performance ethnography study were 28 high school students and one physical education teacher/coach. Data from multiple sources were collected, including field notes, and formal and informal interviews with each participant. The results of this study show that white boys complied with the notion of blacks' `natural' physical superiority, and black boys occupied an ambiguous position within dominant discourses of race and natural athleticism; while girls, in general, rejected racialized discourses of the body, instead adopting a liberal humanistic position. Considering these findings, we advocate for sport educators' and physical education teachers' adoption of critical media pedagogy to promote a democratic consciousness among young people in sport and physical education settings.
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From Practice to Praxis: Community Practices for Aboriginal Youth Sport |
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Through research grounded in praxis, sport psychologists can seek to understand and then help meet the motivational needs of sport participants from marginalized cultures. The present report unveils the recommendations of 23 elite Canadian Aboriginal athletes and subsequent community meetings with an Aboriginal community regarding how to enhance sport programming and increase enrollment of youth within a First Nations reserve. Data were analyzed inductively with the coding of themes developed by community consensus, reflecting barriers to sport participation and recommendations regarding how programming can be refined through training strategies with youth participants, parents, and sport and recreation staff. Recommendations include educating youth about the value of persistence and success, encouraging coaches to foster positive beliefs, and integrating Aboriginal role models.
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I/N References: Minorities, Asian youth and Sport |
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Andersson, M. (2002) Identity work in sports. Ethnic minority youth, Norwegian macro-debates and the role model perspective, JOurnal of International Migration and Integration vol3 no 1, pp. 83-106
Carrington b.Chivers, T & Wiolliams T (1987) Gender, Leisure and sport: a Case study of young people of South Asian descent, Leisure Studies, vol 6 pp. 265-279.
Johnson. MR, (2000) Perceptions of barriers to healthy phsical activity among Asian commuinities, Sport, Education and Society, vol 5, no 1, pp 51-70.
Raval, S. (1989) GEnder, leisure and sport: a case study of young people of South Asian descent - a response, Leisure Studies, vol 8, pp. 237-240.
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