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Much of the landscape of K-12 education is infused with sports. In the United States and the United Kingdom, nearly half of school-aged children play some form of organized sport. The impact of athletics on schools is enormous when informal athletic activity and the ubiquity of sports merchandise are also taken into account. What does this mean for educators? What challenges and opportunities do sports and athletic participation present to educators serving in K-12 schools? As an introductory text, Sports and K-12 Education addresses these questions through an accessible and engaging collection of chapters divided into three overarching themes: sports and classroom success; sports and identity; and sports, media, and schools. The book's diverse set of authors-scholars, teachers, administrators, former athletes, athletic directors-offer a multifaceted exploration on a range of topics, including parallels between coaching and teaching, the complexities of student-athlete identity, role conflict among teacher coaches, strategies for supporting athletes from marginalized populations, media representations of female athletes, sports values and teaching, and more.
Foreword Preface Introduction: Kicking Off an Inquiry into Sports and K-12 Education Section 1: Sports and Classroom Success Chapter 1- Developing a Classroom Playbook: From the Locker Room to the Classroom Megan M. Buning and K. Jamil Northcutt Chapter 2- The Point of Missed Shots: Pursuing Greatness in the Urban Classroom Halley Gruber Chapter 3- Climbing the Pyramid of Success in a High Stakes Environment Heather Rogers Haverback Chapter 4- Examining the Professional Identities of Academic Teachers and Athletic Coaches: A Case Study of a First-Year Teacher-Coach Alan Brown Section 2: Sports and Identity Chapter 5- Toward an Expansive View of Student-Athletes beyond the Court Robert D. Greim Chapter 6- Student-Athlete Identity Formation and the Relationship between an Athletic Subculture and Academic Success De'Andre L. Shepard Chapter 7- The Language of Teammates and Coaches in Action: Perspectives on Urban Girls' Volleyball and Basketball Teams Antonio E. Naula-Rodriguez Chapter 8- Race, Affect, and Running: A Decolonial Reflection on School Athletics Michael Dominguez Section 3: Sports, Media, and Schools Chapter 9- Sporty Girls and Tomboys: Negotiating the Rhetoric Surrounding Female Athletes Crystal L. Beach and Katie S. Dredger Chapter 10- Between Being and Becoming: The Adolescent-Athlete in Young Adult Fiction Mark A. Lewis and Luke Rodesiler Chapter 11- Beautiful Quarterback Passes, Golf Swings, and ... Teaching Moves? Ian Parker Renga About the Editors About the Contributors
