Routledge Handbook of Qualitative Methods for Researching Disability in Physical Education

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-59101-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 544 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge International Handbooks

This is the first book to introduce qualitative research methods in the study of disability and physical education. It outlines key concepts and theories in disability and physical education, providing a platform for understanding, before exploring the full range of methodologies and techniques for research, data gathering and data representation. Written by a team of leading researchers from around the world, every chapter introduces a research theory, approach, method or tool; provides a critical discussion about how that theory, approach method or tool has been used or might be used, and offers signposts to future directions for research in that area.

The book explores established research methods and cutting edge methods that are being applied to disability and physical education for the first time, from narrative inquiry, ethnography and action research, to creative non-fiction, sensory methods and participatory approaches. The book places an emphasis on approaches that consider disabled children and young people as active (rather than passive) agents involved in data gathering, and on ways in which researchers and research participants can utilize data to best represent views toward, and experiences of, disability and physical education.

This is an essential reference volume for any advanced student, researcher, pre-service educator, in-service educator or coach with an interest in disability and physical education.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maher, Anthony J.

Coates, Janine

Haegele, Justin A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Behindertensport
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Sport (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations for Researching Disability in Physical Education 1. Physical Education, Disability, and Qualitative Research: What are we talking about? 2. Ontological, Epistemological, Axiological Considerations when Using Qualitative Methods for Researching Disability in Physical Education. 3. Positionality and Reflexivity in Research about Disability in Physical Education 4. Intersectionality and Disability in Physical Education 5. Critical-ableist Perspectives in Physical Education 6. Posthumanism, Disability and Physical Education 7. Dignity in Disability Representation in Physical Education: See Me for Who I Am 8. Rigour in Qualitative Research about Disability in Physical Education Part 2: Methodologies for Researching Disability in Physical Education 9. Narrative Inquiry, Disability and Physical Education 10. Using Cripistemologies as a Grounding for Participatory Research with Communities that are Non-Verbal: “What’s Best for you?” 11. Appreciative Inquiry in Disability and Physical Education 12. Phenomenological inquiry, Disability and Physical Education 13. Ethnography and Disability in Physical Education 14. Life Histories, Disability, and Physical Education: Recognising the Path of Inequality Marked as Destiny 15. Action Research: A methodology to inform inclusive Physical Education 16. Participatory Research for Examining Disability in Physical Education 17. Co-production, Disability and Physical Education 18. Grounded Theory as a Method for Researching Disability in Physical Education 19. Reflexive Thematic Analysis, Disability and Physical Education 20. Qualitative Text Analysis, Disability and Physical Education Part 3: Gathering and Representing Data from/with Disabled Children and Young People 21. Individual and Focus Group Discussions with Disabled Children and Youth 22. Using Photo-elicitation with Children for Researching Disability in Physical Education 23. Using Sensory Methods for Researching Disability in Physical Education 24. Dabbling, Daubing and Discovering: The Value of Arts-Based Research in Exploring the Physical Education and Sporting Experiences of Young Disabled Students 25. Keeping it real… Using Realist Tales to understand Special Educational Needs and Disability in Physical Education. 26. Creative Non-fiction, Disability, and Physical Education 27. Visual Representation of Data in Disability and Physical Education 28. Poetic Representation of Data in Disability and Physical Education 29. Physical Education, Disability, and Qualitative Research: Concluding Thoughts

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony J. Maher is Director of Research and Professor of Special Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusion in the Carnegie School of Education at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Anthony’s research is sociological, philosophical and psychological in nature, using participatory, life history, (auto)ethnographical and narrative approaches. He is the author of numerous international peer-reviewed research papers, public, private and third-sector reports, invited book chapters, and books.

Justin A. Haegele is the Colgate Darden Endowed Professor and the Director of the Center for Movement, Health, & Disability in the Department of Human Movement Studies & Special Education at Old Dominion University, US. He serves as the director of Project CAPER and the co-director of the MAMC, two initiatives funded by the US Department of Education to train doctoral scholars in adapted Physical Activity. He is also the immediate-past president of the North American Federation of Adapted Physical Activity, and the editor-in-chief for the peer-reviewed publication Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly (2023-2025).

Janine Coates is a Reader in Equity and Inclusion in Physical Activity and Sport at Loughborough University, UK, working in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences. Her research examines issues of social justice in relation to physical education, physical activity and sport, with focus on disabled young people and their families. Janine has a specific interest in research methodologies which centralise the experiences of young people. She has authored numerous international, peer-reviewed journal articles, professional reports and invited book chapters; and serves as Associate Editor for the peer-reviewed journal Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, with responsibility for qualitative works.