Abstract
In this article, we show how collaboration between Danish public municipal primary and lower secondary schools (folkeskoler) and elite sports clubs to establish SportsClasses enables schools to set parameters that align student-athletes’ attitudes and behavior towards school and academic performance. Using neo-institutional theory, we show how two separate institutional domains – education and sport – come to agree on common purposes and practices for an endeavour that takes place on the “home field” of education. We apply the theoretical concepts of ‘contractualisation’ and ‘accountability’ to understand what these learning agreements or implicit social contracts involve, how they are made, and how they are enforced. These concepts capture the empirical mechanisms that produce the integration of athletes into school norms and practices. The article is based on an ethnographic study of the admissions process for SportsClasses. We discuss the benefits and risks for the publicly-funded school system in entering into such social learning contracts.
Original language | English |
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Publication date | Aug 2020 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2020 |
Event | The 115th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association - ASA 2020: POWER, INEQUALITY, AND RESISTANCE AT WORK - Virtual, San Fransisco, USA - San Francisco, United States Duration: 7 Aug 2020 → 11 Aug 2020 https://www.asanet.org/annual-meeting-2020 |
Conference
Conference | The 115th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association - ASA 2020 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | San Francisco |
Period | 07/08/2020 → 11/08/2020 |
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