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Balls magazine
-- brilliant and engaging teaching
materials for sport and PE
NEW
Barad --
intriguing stuff on quantum physics
and feminism. Includes commentaries
and 'applications'
Bernstein
on
children’s language - early work
on language, class and
underachievement (graphics)
body
language - a preliminary rant
and unfair mickey-take
NEW!!
Bourdieu page
-- mostly work on education and
methodology. Large collection
Bowles
&
Gintis on schooling in the USA
- a critical discussion of this famous
piece on 'reproduction'
Bowles
and
Gintis the study upgraded
with reference to 2002 US data
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children and the media -
an undergrad course, spanning
ed.studies and media studies
children
and
the media -- notes -
substantial notes for the course (now
as separate files)
cities
and
their pleasures - reading the
city, on the background to 'theming'
etc
commercial
&
'experimental' cinema -
introduction to connections between
these two
crime
and deviancy--large collection
discussing subculture theories,
labelling theory, social
disorganisation, marxist approaches. See also
multimedia
introduction (RLO) (NB requires
Internet Explorer)
critical
analysis -- short notes on a
collection of approaches
Cultural
Studies
in Educational Context -
conference paper discussing effects of
university organisation on radical
courses
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deep and surface learning
- outline with (slightly unusual)
sociological criticisms
NEW Deleuze
(and Deleuze and Guattari, Deleuze and Parnet,
Guattari) -- lengthy notes on some of
the works and commentaries (Badiou,
Baudrillard, DeLanda, Massumi, Zizek
and others) plus some 'applications'
(especially to education).
NEW
Denzin
-- summaries of some of the main
pieces and critical debates
Disney
theme
parks - longish theoretical
summary and commentary pro and con
Disney
visitors - empirical research on
Disney visitors and their pleasures
(with D Moore)
distance
education
& social inequality -
discusses UK Open University and
'open-ness'
distance
ed
and course design - on
techniques of course design
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face-to-face teaching - critical reflections
from my 'learning log' charting my own
practice
Freud
and
film theory - intro,
metapsychology and work on dreams
applied to films
Gadamer -- the basic
outline and some of the more famous
claims and assertions
gender
and
education - outline of gender
factors in underachievement
Godard
for
beginners -
the Great Man's 'style' and politics,
and a few films reviewed
Gramsci
--
basics applied to education
- on the ambiguous legacy
of another Great Man
guests'
page - largely student essays
and dissertations
Hegel (on Reason, the dialectic
etc) - guide to Taylor's account (mainly for
sociologists)
Heritage
Industry--
a discussion - critical discussion
of the pros and cons. There is a large
collection of
reading guides on recent work in the
section called up by the sociology
of leisure link
Latour
-- a quick review of his Science
in Action (Actor-Network
Theory approach)
Leisure
policy
and the State - a menu page
leading to files on semi-deviant
leisure. There are reading guides
to broader discussions of leisure
policy in the relevant part of the sociology of leisure
collection.
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Marx
on commodity fetishism -
quick intro to the main points
Marx
on surplus value - very basic
and quick (530 words!!)
Marx
and
Weber on stratification - an
answer to an emailed question
Marxist
controversies:
politics - old favourites
summarised -- Miliband (Ed's dad) vs
Poulantzas on the capitalist state;
Laclau and Mouffe versus Geras and
Townshend on 'post-Marxism' . See also
'race'
and
class.
Mcdonaldization
- the basics, Weber background,
then applied to the Mcdonaldization of
the university.
RLO (multimedia) file
on Macdonaldization with a talk and
some additional reading. Requires
Internet Explorer. There are some
relevant reading guides in the
sociology of leisure collection
moral
relativism? - case studies too,
including mourning of Diana episode.
There are additional reading
guides on the Diana episode under the
heading 'Hyperreality' in the sociology
of leisure collection.
Mulvey
-- classic work on the 'male gaze'
with follow-ups. My
most visited file!
music
videos - early debates,
marxist v pomo analyses
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Olympics --
a short rant about TV coverage NEW. A piece on an
Argyle vs Pompey football
match to contrast it with.
Open
University
(UK) -- extracts from my first
book (now out of print) on the UKOU.
Still the best sociological critique I
know. History of the OU too. See other
bits on the education studies page
here
Paper World
- essays and asides on the
wild'n'wacky world of modern
educational management
Positivist
Dispute -- the great debates
about positivism in social science
between critical theory (Adorno,
Habermas) and critical rationalism
(Popper, Albert and Pilot)
pleasures
in
Bond movies - brief intro to
theories (eg Freud) then examples
postfordism
and
since - discussion with
examples, mostly from 'New Times'
group
postmodernism
--
basics - crits of
'foundationalism' as main example.
Written as a dialogue.
quantitative methods -
collects together good examples of
quants in use
qualitative
methods
- collects together good examples
of quals. in use
questions
and
answers - emailed questions and
my replies-- constantly updated
'race'
and
sociological theory -
early piece, reviews classics in UK context. See also an
early study on 'race' and education in
the UK here.
'race'
and social class -- a more
recent commentary with links to
summaries of specific articles. There
are more reading guides to 'race' in
leisure in the section on the sociology
of leisure
NEW!!
Rancière.
My notes on some of the works and on
some commentaries
'realism' in cinema - reviews
classic debates (MacCabe,Williams etc)
research
methods
- a course utilising online
resources (draft)
research
methods database - an expandable
database
Re-usable
Learning
Objects
(RLOs), designed by Ian Gilhespy
and Dave Harris on a variety of
subjects (some are specified elsewhere
in this list)
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shopping: profits and pleasures
- summary of classic CultStuds pieces
social
class
in the UK- introductory. Recent
data on social class inequalities and
basic arguments, including
implications for sports policy
social
class latest model -- new
7-class model includes an elite and a
precariat
social
mobility
studies -- this is an RLO that
introduces and guides you through the
great debates on social mobility that
have raged since 1980. It links with
many of the files below.
social
mobility
studies (England and Wales and
classic) - summarises and
illustrates 'Oxford or Nuffield
Studies'.
social
mobility
studies (England and Wales and more
recent) - summarises the great
debate between
Saunders and his critics about whether
the data show that Britain is now a meritocracy
social
mobility (Hopper)--dated but
horribly relevant functionalist study
of mobility and anxiety
social
mobility and women --classic
debates about this topic (Goldthorpe,
Stanworth, Payne, Abbott)
social
immobility in Britain? -- debate
about whether mobility has stopped or
declined in Britain in the 2000s
social
mobility and ethnic minorities
-- in England and Wales. Complex
analysis also considers the
interaction of gender and social
class.
social
mobility and HE -- in
England and Wales. 2014 analysis of
the 1970 cohort. Shows importance of
private schools, especially in gaining
elite degrees
social
theory/sociology
- my notes on some classic and central
sociology texts. More than 100
sets. Based
on my Social Theory book. Authors
include Adorno, Becker, Bourdieu,
Butler, Foucault, Fraser, Garfinkel,
Giddens, Goffman, Habermas, Hall,
Mulvey, Willis
sociology
of
leisure- reviews of recent
journal articles (more than 100 at
present) in this fascinating field.
Based on my ‘Key Concepts’ book.
Includes material relating to
authenticity, bodies, ethnography,
figurationalism, gender, identity,
heritage, Maccannell, McDonaldization,
pornography, youth cultures
sociology
of religion - very introductory,
on 'founding parents', bits on
secularisation etc
study
skills -- some additional
material (including RLOs) to
complement our new book
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television and violence -
a classic empirical study (by W Belson) reviewed. Careful
methods. Completely different studies
by
Buckingham and Walkerdine
video games and violence -
a famous (old but good) experimental
study reviewed (Anderson and Ford)
video
games
and violence 2- an updated
(2000) extension of the study above (Anderson and Dill)
There are some reading guides to
research on the effects of TV and
video in the sociology
of
leisure section.
NEW!!
Whiteness -- notes on research
on racism in education and the
'disrupting whiteness' debates. I have
also made my own unpublished
contribution to an aspect of the
debate about CRT, a critical
discussion of counterstories here
work
and leisure in higher education
-- a paper at the BSA Annual
Conference, Cardiff, 2009
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L Farmer -- a
recent practitioner-based study of
parent carers of disabled children
A Fisher's page -- recent critical
pieces on methodology and primary
schooling
I.
Gilhespy's page - discussions on
management and arts/leisure policy
S.Gillen's
page - pieces on leisure and
tourism
Dr
Paul
Grosch's page - pieces on
philosophy and its applications
Dr
Robert
Guyver's
page - papers on history
teaching/history concepts. Robert has
his own site here
Dr
J Haynes and Dr K Murris - a
dialogue on philosophising with
children
Dr
Jon Ord -- contributions to
debates about youth work and education
Tom
Nashe -- on the theatre and
history
Dr
Alan
Munton's page - critical work on
Orwell and Wyndham Lewis, psychiatry
and modernism, surrealist poetry and
other topics
Dr
Will
Large's page - huge collection
of introductions to key philosophical
thinkers
Dr
Michael Pearn's page -- recent
doctoral work on disability and
tourism
Dr
Vanessa
Parffrey's page - discussion
papers on schools, leadership and
spirituality
N.Sherriff's
page -- material in leisure,
sport and tourism
Dr
L Spowart's page -- material on
methods from a current researcher in
Sport and Leisure
Dr Paul Sutton's page - critical sociological
and historical analysis using
Foucaultian approaches
Peter
Turnill's pages -- experienced
outdoor adventurer
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