Current Favourite sites

The interweb is full of rubbish.  But here and there can be sound spaces of real quality.  These are some of my favourite website.

 

spEak You're bRanes "offers "a collection of ignorance, narcissism, stupidity, hypocrisy and bad grammar".  All of the material is taken from the BBC's Have Your Say website, which seems to have become the repository of the bile of our moronic underbelly.

 

Counterknowledge is a great site, based on an equally good book of the same title.  It "draws attention to every kind of bogus theory, whether it emanates from maverick scientists, Christian evangelists, media nutritionists, Muslim scholars or "alternative" historians".

 

Another brillaint book is Bad Science.  If anything, the website of the same name is even better. If you need to be outraged by some quack or con-merchant, this is the place to go: the 'danger' of the MMR vaccine; vitamin miracle cures; brain gym; homeopathy.  It is all here, and exposed for the nonsense they are.

 

I don't know much about poetry, but I know what I like: Tim Minchin.  My favourites are 'Storm' and 'If you open your mind too much your brain will fall out (take my wife)'.  I've bought my tickets for his tour of the UK.  Genius.

 

 

Favourite Journals

There are hundreds of journals focusing on sport and/or education.  These are the ones that I read most regularly.

 

Sport, Education and Society "is an international journal which provides a focal point for the publication of social science research on pedagogy, policy and the body in society..."  Some of the most important and interesting papers in the field have come out in SES.  It is certainly worth checking its content regularly.

 

Leisure Studies "publishes articles of a high standard on all aspects of leisure studies and from a variety of disciplinary bases, including sociology, psychology, human geography, planning, economics."  One of the real virtues of this journal is its diversity and eclecticism.

 

Journal of Philosophy of Education is the most established journal reporting philosophical thinking in education.

 

Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy "promotes the communication of educational research in physical education and youth sport and related fields such as teacher and coach education", and is the official journal of the Association for Physical Education.

 

Philosophy of Sport is the top journal on philosophical inquiry in sport.

 

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy is a relatively recent addition, the official journal of the British Philosophy of Sport Association.  Well worth a look.

 

HERE IS A LIST OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT JOURNALS THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL

 

Education

The Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain is ... well, the name says it all. PESGB is an excellent society that runs the best education conference of the academic year.

 

The British Educational Research Association is the main professional association in the field, and hosts the largest conference of its kind in the UK.  Its US equivalent, albeit run on a much larger scale, is the American Educational Research Association.

 

Sites for Teachers is a useful set if links for all sorts of resources.  Worth checking out.

 

Sport and Physical Education

Dave Morley and I led a comprehensive research project on behalf of the English Government and the Youth Sport Trust.  The outcome is Talent Matters site, which contains a great deal of information, including our model, teaching resources and the Quality Standards.

 

Sports Coach UK is the lead agency for development of the UK Coaching System, and is responsible for some of the most exciting developments in sports organisation in recent years.

 

Play the Game aims to strengthen the basic ethical values of sport and encourage democracy, transparency and freedom of expression in world sport.  It is on the side of the angels!

 

Emma Rich has an interesting site, focusing on the body, gender and sport.  And with Andy Miah runs the Medicalization of Cyberspace, based on their book of that title.

 

iStadia is a global networking site for professionals in sport and exercise to make contacts, collaborate, share experience, find work and to promote themselves to their chosen audiences. Their expertise covers all aspects of sport science, sport academia and sport business.

 

Sports Coach - provides advice for coaches, athletes, sports science tutors and students studying sports related qualifications on topics relating to exercise physiology, successful coaching and athletic development.

 

Sports Injury Clinic - information on over 100 sports injuries with rehabilitation, stretching, strengthening and more.

 

Teach PE - Physical Education and sports coaching including GCSE and A level revision.