Athlete Learning in Elite Sport (eBook, PDF)

A Cultural Framework
Redaktion: Barker-Ruchti, Natalie

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first sociological-pedagogical text to conceptualise athlete learning in elite sport and across athletic careers. It outlines theories of learning and argues for a cultural perspective capturing contextual influence, temporal changes, individual dispositions and subjectivity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351617819
• Artikelnr.: 55263988

Autorenporträt

Natalie Barker-Ruchti is Associate Professor at the School of Health Sciences, Division of Sport, University of Örebro, Sweden. Prior to this appointment, and during the time of writing this book, Natalie was Associate Professor at the Department of Food and Nutrition and Sport Science at the University of Gothenburg. Her research focuses on coaches and coaching and on athletes and athlete learning. Examining specific elite sport contexts, coaching practices, and athletes' experiences, Natalie's research offers insight into the influence sport and coaches have on athletes' performance, selves, and lives.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Landscaping Elite Sport and Theorising Athlete Learning
1. Contemporary Elite Sport Landscape
2. Existing Theories of Learning
3. Cultural Perspective of Learning
Part II: Showcasing Athletes' Learning in Elite Sport
4. Maintaining a dual career horizon in women's artistic gymnastics: A case of a female gymnast
5. Learning through boxing: A case of a male boxer
6. Learning through a semi-professional career and deselection: A case of a male ice hockey player
7. Career learning in youth elite biathlon: A case of a male biathlete
8. Learning through rugby
migration and a professional career: A case of a male rugby player
9. Aging in professional sport: A case of a professional male basketball player
10. The implications of sport attire and culture on Muslim women's participation in elite boxing: A case of a female boxer
11. The experience of an international female rugby player
12. An auto-ethnographic account of one athlete's journey to reconciling gender diversity through elite boxing: A case of a gender non-binary boxer
Part III: Informing Research and Practice
13. Insights and Implications for Research and Practice
14. Final Reflections