An Ironic Imbalance: Coaching Opportunities and Gender in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics in Australia and New Zealand     

Roslyn Kerr  Georgia Cervin 《国际体育史杂志》2016,33(17):2139-2152

Abstract

Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) is a sport designed specifically for women. With roots in ballet, calisthenics and eugenics, it was meant to showcase femininity, beauty, and encourage healthy bodies for motherhood, therefore offering socially acceptable sporting opportunities for females. This paper considers whether such sporting opportunities extended to female coaches. We examine the recruitment patterns in relation to gender of some of the top coaches in Australia and New Zealand since the 1980s, who are predominantly migrants. Using archival sources, interviews and personal experience, this paper argues that while so-called feminine or artistic sports can offer greater opportunities for female coaches, WAG in Australia and New Zealand remains dominated by male coaches, who have held the majority of the head coach positions and in many cases, been actively recruited from overseas. The few females who have been employed in top positions have been appointments of ‘convenience’ rather than reflective of a shift away from these gendered employment patterns. Thus, while its creation as a specifically feminine sport may lead WAG to be viewed as a site of increased opportunities for women coaches, deeper exploration reveals an unresolved tension between the use of male and female coaches.  相似文献   

‘What on Earth are They Doing in a Racing Car?’: Towards an Understanding of Women in Motorsport     

Jordan J.K. Matthews  Elizabeth C.J. Pike 《国际体育史杂志》2016,33(13):1532-1550

Abstract

Motorsport is an under-researched area of socio-historical study. There is particularly limited academic understanding of female involvement in the social world of motorsports. Therefore, this paper focuses on the role of the media in presenting and establishing motorsport for women. In particular, a documentary analysis of articles published by a UK national newspaper group from 1890, and a case study of an all-female UK-based motor-racing championship are used to account for gendered processes that have influenced attitudes and behaviours towards women motor racers. The motor car emerged through technological progress in an overtly masculine-dominated industrial period. Traditional assumptions and biologically deterministic attitudes towards women were used by men to position motoring and motor-racing as a male preserve. Newspaper reporting throughout the 1930s suggests an era of heightened success for women motor racers as a result of gaining access to a key resource in the form of Brooklands motor-racing circuit. Following the Second World War, there was increasing commercialization and professionalization of male-dominated motorsport, as well as renewed marginalization and trivialization of female participants within the newspapers. These processes continue to influence perceptions of women in contemporary motorsport.  相似文献   

A case study on the experiences of university-based Muslim women in physical activity during their studies at one UK higher education institution     

Claire Miles 《Sport, Education and Society》2016,21(5):723-740

The case study explores the experiences of Muslim women in the area of physical activity participation conducted whilst they were studying at one UK University. Previous research in the field indicated that Muslim women can be denied opportunities to participate in areas of sport-related physical activity through multiple factors such as socio-cultural, familial, religious or sporting structural constraints. Despite increased knowledge about the inclusion of Muslim girls in school-based physical education and sport, there is a dearth of literature on Muslim women's experiences post their school years. Informed by socio-cultural theories of the body, identity and embodied cultures, the study focuses on Muslim women's early physical activity experiences, university-based participation patterns and reflections on the influences that shaped their attitudes and beliefs towards such participation. Open-ended questionnaires, 34/50 returned (68%), and 6 in-depth interviews were conducted with volunteers studying a wide range of programmes. Content analysis revealed that values, attitudes and behaviours were largely influenced by the family; prior to university, the women's physical activity experiences were mixed and dependent on family activity patterns and school-based opportunities; university recreational sport-related provision did not cater for the women's Islamic needs denying them opportunities to participate. Religious belief and cultural expectations made a significant contribution to the women's preferences for participation environments that respected their Islamic beliefs.  相似文献   

Sex-specific associations of moderate and vigorous physical activity with physical fitness in adolescents     

T. Kidokoro  H. Tanaka  K. Naoi  K. Ueno  T. Yanaoka  K. Kashiwabara 《European Journal of Sport Science》2016,16(8):1159-1166

The present study examined the sex-specific associations of moderate and vigorous physical activity (VPA) with physical fitness in 300 Japanese adolescents aged 12–14 years. Participants were asked to wear an accelerometer to evaluate physical activity (PA) levels of various intensities (i.e. moderate PA (MPA), 3–5.9 metabolic equivalents (METs); VPA, ≥6 METs; moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA), ≥3 METs). Eight fitness items were assessed (grip strength, bent-leg sit-up, sit-and-reach, side step, 50?m sprint, standing long jump, handball throw, and distance running) as part of the Japanese standardised fitness test. A fitness composite score was calculated using Japanese fitness norms, and participants were categorised according to their score from category A (most fit) to category E (least fit), with participants in categories D and E defined as having low fitness. It was found that for boys, accumulating more than 80.7?min/day of MVPA may reduce the probability of low fitness (odds ratio (ORs) [95% confidence interval (CI)]?=?0.17 [0.06–0.47], p?=?.001). For girls, accumulating only 8.4?min of VPA could reduce the likelihood of exhibiting low fitness (ORs [95% CI]?=?0.23 [0.05–0.89], p?=?.032). These results reveal that there are sex-specific differences in the relationship between PA and physical fitness in adolescents, suggesting that sex-specific PA recommendation may be needed to improve physical fitness in adolescents.  相似文献   

一种高速网络下分布式入侵检测体系结构的设计与实现     

李浪  李仁发  李肯立  许琼方 《衡阳师范学院学报》2006,27(3):73-77

随着网络速度不断提高和规模的快速扩展,对入侵检测系统的模型、结构和实现技术提出了新的需求。在深入分析和讨论现有入侵检测模型和技术优缺点的基础上,针对高速网络的特点,本文提出了一种层次可变的树状分布式入侵检测体系结构。该结构可以根据网络规模的变化动态地进行配置,各节点的增加和删除采取注册和注销的方式,而且树状结构中的每一个独立节点都可视为一个完整的入侵检测系统。利用动态负载均衡与基于协议分析的多模式匹配技术对其进行实现。  相似文献   

苏北教育发展中的热点问题剖析     

张廷亮 《连云港师范高等专科学校学报》2006,(1):25-30

投入不足,非均衡化发展,结构不合理是苏北地区教育发展中的三个顽症。它的形成既有经济发展水平不高的原因,也是教育发展战略选择不当所致。实现教育事业与经济协调发展的目标,对于苏北而言具有特别重要的意义。除了加大投入以外,还必须实施促进区域均衡、优化教育结构的发展战略。  相似文献   

试论社会转型期的性别平等问题     

刘东英 《新疆师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版)》2006,27(3):93-96

文章在阐释性别平等内涵的基础上,分析了我国社会转型期性别不平等问题凸显的表现及成因,并提出了遏制性别关系逆转,推进性别平等进程的具体对策。  相似文献   

课堂教学生态化的缺失与建构     

陈爱金 《太原教育学院学报》2007,(3)

通过对若干个案例的举例,从生态学的角度,分析了当今学校课堂中的缺失现象;提出了构建生态化课堂的五种策略:营造民主平等的课堂生态、建立多维互动的课堂生态、构建彰显个性的课堂生态、筑就适度开放的课堂生态、走向竞争合作的课堂生态。  相似文献   

邓小平非均衡与均衡区域发展思想研究     

旷为荣 《苏州教育学院学报》2006,23(4):52-55

邓小平非均衡与均衡区域发展战略思想,是指让一部分地区和一部分人通过诚实劳动和合法经营先富起来,最终达到整个社会的共同富裕,而这种非均衡与均衡式的战略发展必须顾全国家整体发展的战略大局。  相似文献   

Explaining parents' school involvement: The role of ethnicity and gender in the Netherlands     

Fenella Fleischmann  Annabel de Haas 《The Journal of educational research》2016,109(5):554-565

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