Strategies Boys Use to Establish Status in a Junior School without Competitive Sport
Citation: Swain, J; (2002) The Resources and strategies boys use to establish status in a junior school without competetive sport. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education , 23 pp. 91-107. 10.1080/01596300220123060
Abstract: This paper examines how boys aged 10-11 at an English junior school, where competitive sports are prohibited, developed masculine identities. Despite the school's anti-competitive policies, physical ability and athleticism still strongly shaped the way games were organized. These activities, which emphasized speed, skill, force, fitness, and strength, still contributed to the early formation of masculinity among the students.
License: An open-access version is available from UCL Discovery
Friday Night Lights (Video - 1:29min.)
Citation: Movie clips. “Coach Gaines on Being Perfect”. YouTube video, 3:27. 2004.
Abstract: Coach Gaines’ halftime speech about ‘Being Perfect’.
License: CC-BY
OER Lesson Plan: Coach Gaines' Final "PEP" Talk
Learning Outcome – In the video, students are asked to consider examples from Coach Gaines' PEP Talk that may lead to healthy or unhealthy perfectionism, as Coach Gaines reflects on what it means to be perfect. Concepts are related to Perfection(ism) in Sport audio-video by Dr. John Dunn.
A Perfect 10? (SSHRC Article - 1minute )
Citation: Anonymous. (2008, January 25). A perfect 10? Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/society-societe/stories-histoires/story-histoire-eng.aspx?story_id=37
Abstract: Dr. John Dunn discusses the motivations behind healthy and unhealthy perfectionism and explains how athletic identity is closely related to performance. Short Extract: Research by Dr. Dunn and University of Alberta graduate students examined American collegiate athletes, concluding that unhealthy perfectionism is associated with lower self-esteem in both males and females.
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Healthy Perfectionism (Article - 4mins)
Citation: Borutski, Zach. (2016, January 27). Feature: Healthy Perfectionism. The Gateway. https://thegatewayonline.ca/2016/01/feature-healthy-perfectionism/
Abstract: Describes behaviors associated with maladaptive and adaptive perfectionism within the context of “Student Life on Campus”.
License - CC-BY