'Please Mr Hay, what are my poss(abilities)?: Legitimation of ability through physical education practices

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 293-310

  Hay, Peter J ^a   Lisahunter, ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ability; Assessment; Capital; Opportunity; Symbolic violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746234781     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573320600813481     Document Type: Article

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