FOCUS OF STUDY

STUDY

We investigate the ways in which institutionalized sport both conflicts with and complements the educational missions of American secondary and post-secondary schools. The course of study includes:

• the philosophy of education;
• physical education and modern sport in the United States;
• pedagogical practices of coaches and teachers;
• issues related to urban education;
• the sociology of sport; and
• the academic and athletic identification of student athletes in relation to the social categories of (dis)ability, race, ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality.

Students also engage in projects that evaluate the policies of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and in research related to the motivation and achievement of student athletes at the secondary and intercollegiate levels of competition.