Civic Sport: Using High School Athletics to Teach Civic Values in the Progressive Era

Autor/in	Stacy, Michelle
Titel	Civic Sport: Using High School Athletics to Teach Civic Values in the Progressive Era
Quelle	In: American Educational History Journal, 42 (2015) 2, S.151-166 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1535-0584
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Athletics; Youth; Males; Organizations (Groups); Christianity; Recreational Facilities; Team Sports; Physical Education; Physical Education Teachers; Citizenship Education; Civics; Citizen Participation; Females + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Leichtathletik; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Christentum; Freizeiteinrichtung; Mannschaftssport; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Physical education; Physical training; Teacher; Teachers; Sportlehrer; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Staatsbürgerkunde; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Weibliches Geschlecht
Abstract	The development of basketball and athletics during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries reflected a greater movement of education reform, civic development, and gender in the United States. In the twentieth century, Progressive Era reformers sought to remedy the ills of society such as urbanization, industrialization, and the lack of democratic knowledge amongst immigrants, through government-sponsored reform. Public education reformers believed that schools could assimilate immigrants and train children to be democratic citizens, thus creating a democratic community. During the Progressive Era, secondary school athletics became increasingly important as a method of creating a community of democratic men. By embracing the rhetoric of citizenship, physical educators blurred the lines between physical education and social education. Therefore, athletics became associated with both physical education and social studies departments, and when school administrators needed faculty coaches, they looked to teachers in both curricular areas. Since sports developed citizenship, athletic expertise was not the sole focus of physical education. Thus, high school athletics developed as one of many Progressive Era reforms that trained future citizens, particularly immigrants, in civic values. These civic ends have been hidden in recent years with the development of athletic scholarships and the increased focus on the professionalization of sport. (ERIC).
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Update	2020/1/01