Can ‘English premier league’ funding for PE and school sport achieve its aims?
Abstract
There are a number of assertions being made for a £10 m investment by the English Premier League for primary school sport. For example, it is claimed that Physical Education plus school sport can improve cognitive functioning, concentration, behaviour, educational attainment and overall physical health. However, far from being sufficient in helping to achieve these benefits and sustain long-term activity participation, for some children, Physical Education and competitive sport may actually be counterproductive. In some instances, it may switch them off from activity altogether. Therefore, we need to understand more about which elements of this scheme work, who they work for and which circumstances they work in. Fundamentally, this will only be achieved through hard evidence and robust evaluation.Citation
Zwolinsky, S., McKenna, J., Parnell, D. and Pringle, A., (2016). 'Can ‘English premier league’ funding for PE and school sport achieve its aims?' Soccer & Society, 17(2), pp. 242-245.Publisher
Taylor and FrancisJournal
Soccer and SocietyDOI
10.1080/14660970.2015.1082765Additional Links
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14660970.2015.1082765?journalCode=fsas20http://eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/1692/
Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
1466-0970EISSN
1743-9590ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/14660970.2015.1082765