Conducting Practitioner Research in Physical Education and Youth Sport

"Conducting Practitioner Research in Physical Education and Youth Sport has much to offer for students commencing their research journey, academics seeking to explore new methods, and practitioners working as teachers/coaches in school and youth sport settings. This book encourages practitioners to take on the role of researcher to learn about ways to improve practice within the workplace through action research, narrative inquiry, autoethnography, and self-study. Overall, the text achieves its purpose of describing what these methods involve, why they are valuable and, most importantly, how they can be easily translated into practice across multiple contexts." Andrew Bennie, Western Sydney University, Sport, Education and Society

Ashley Casey is a Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy at Loughborough University, UK Tim Fletcher is an Associate Professor in Physical Education at Brock University, Canada Lee Schaefer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education at McGill University, Canada. Doug Gleddie is Associate Professor in the Department of Elementary Education at the University of Alberta, Canada

Part I 1. Taking Practitioner Research onto the Field Part II 2. Action Research 3. Narrative Inquiry 4. Autoethnography 5. Self-study of Practice Part III 6. Using Action Research to Promote Learning in the Affective Domain 7. Using Narrative Inquiry in Physical Education and Youth Sport: Reflecting on Process 8. Using Autoethnography to Explore a Culture of School Sport 9. Using Self-study of Practice to Examine Pedagogies that Promote Meaningful Participation Part IV 10. Acknowledging Bias 11. Ethical Responsibilities of Being a Practitioner Researcher 12. Aligning Beliefs and Actions Part V 13. Overview of Practitioner Research