Fairness or Possibilities - Equal opportunities in Swedish sports
In this thesis I will study and analyze official policy documents from the Swedish Sports Confederation(RF). I will be performing a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) on these documents from a gender theory perspective, also influenced by queer theory. Sports remain one of the most gendered institutions in society. It is the purpose of this study to ascertain the way RF treats gender in its official policy documents. This is important because RF has a very powerful position within Swedish sports, in comparison to other countries, with the power to directly influence and coerce lower level sports organizations to adopt their philosophies. I find in my study that RF hold very naturalist views of gender, that are not in phase with current research being done in the area of gender constructions in sports. That RF is not accepting responsibility in constructing gender and adding to the sexualization of our public spaces. There is a great deal of work put into gender equality within RF, however this work is so far only being done on a very formal level focusing on fairness between groups rather than questioning the construction of these groups. I also try to provide ideas for how RF could try to weaken the strong gender structure of sports.
Women, Media and Sport: Challenging Gender Values
PART ONE: OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS Women, Media and Sport - Pamela J Creedon Creating and Reflecting Gender Values The Media's Role in Accomodating and Resisting Stereotyped Images of Women in Sport - Mary Jo Kane and Susan L Greendorfer Sportswomen in Black and White - Linda D Williams Sports History from an Afro-American Perspective Women in Toyland - Pamela J Creedon A Look at Women in American Newspaper Sports Journalism From Whalebone to Spandex - Pamela J Creedon Women and Sports Journalism in American Magazines, Photography and Broadcasting Conversations with Contemporary Women Sports Journalists - Judith A Cramer Pandering or Empowering? Economics and Promotion of Women's Sports - Pamela J Creedon, Judith A Cramer and Elizabeth A Granitz PART TWO: CULTURAL CONTEXTS AND GENDER VALUES Double Fault - Susan Birrell and Cheryl L Cole Renee Richards and the Construction and Naturalization of Difference Baseball and the Social Construction of Gender - Karlene Ferrante Global Games, Entertainment and Leisure - Anne Cooper-Chen Women as TV Spectators PART THREE: DEVELOPING A NEW SPORTS MODEL From the Feminine Mystique to the Female Physique - Pamela J Creedon Uncovering the Archetype of Artemis in Sport Gazing at Artemis - Molly Merryman The Active Female Archetype in Popular Film Reawakening to the Co-Essence Model of Sport - Pamela S Highlen Stanford's Tara VanDerVeer Leads the Way
Educational innovation in Musical Language Course: responses and the overcoming of limitations
This article presents an innovative methodological proposal for the development of auditory education in the course of the Language of Music. Based on this proposal, we analyze an educational community’s response to the innovations implemented, and we identify the limitations recognized throughout the learning and teaching process, as well as the strategies developed to overcome them. To this end, we applied a qualitative methodology with the classroom-based research method. The compilation of data was carried out through participant observation, captured in the journals of the professor and researcher, interviews and analysis of documents. The research results demonstrate that patience, responsibility and perseverance in their work on behalf of the professors have been key to overcoming the limitations identified and in promoting that students enjoy and learn their class contents in meaningful ways. Recibido 05/02/2018 Aceptado: 09/03/2018