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Interview 1: Professor John Evans
Professor John Evans, Editor, Sport, Education and Society
This piece is the first in a series of interviews Routledge is conducting with the Editors of some of its key Education journals.
The interview page has been split into sections which can be quickly accessed by selecting any of the links below:
Introduction
These interviews are aimed at students, educational researchers, academics and visitors to the Education Arena website who are interested in particular journals and would like to find out more.
Each interview provides information about the Editor in question, details about the creation of their journal, its purpose and scope within the wider sphere of educational research and hints and tips for prospective authors who may be hoping to submit papers to the journal.
Each Editor is a renowned academic in their field and it is an opportunity for them to discuss their journal in an open and accessible format with their readers. It is also an opportunity for them to talk about issues and research interests that are central to both their current studies and the life of the journal itself.
Professor John Evans answers the questions
This first interview with Professor John Evans, Editor of Sport, Education and Society, took place at the publisher's headquarters in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK in September 2008.
Questions
Answers
Q1: What issues does Sport, Education and Society deal with and who is your core audience?
Q2: As the founding editor of Sport, Education and Society along with Colin Hardy, what inspired the creation of the journal and what are your aspirations for the future of the journal?
Q3: What do you look for when considering articles and submissions and what advice would you give those who would like to be published in your journal?
Q4: You have made keynote speeches about 'Education, Eating Disorders and Obesity' and have investigated the relationship between education and eating disorders. We hear a lot about 'Fat Britain' in the media, do you think these reports are justified or alarmist and what are the real facts in this issue?
We also provide a transcription of this interview to overcome accessibility problems if you have hearing difficulties (or for those of you who may just prefer to read the interview).
More about Professor John Evans
Biography
John Evans is the founding Editor of the Routledge journal Sport, Education and Society along with Colin Hardy. He is Professor of Sociology of Education and Physical Education in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Loughborough University, recognised nationally and internationally as a centre of excellence in teaching and research in the sport and exercise sciences.
John taught in comprehensive schools in London before completing his Masters degree and later PhD in the Sociology of Education at the Department of Sociology of Education, University of London. He spent the next 12 years teaching and developing research in the Sociology of Education and Physical Education department of Southampton University before joining Loughborough University in 1993. He is currently on the Editorial Board of British Journal of Sociology of Education and Editorial Consultant for Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education.
Research
John's research interests centre on the study of Teaching, Policy and Curriculum Innovation in Physical Education and on issues relating to the politics of the curriculum, equity and identity. He has written over 50 papers in academic and professional journals on subjects as diverse as: the Education Reform Act; health education and weight management issues in schools; the politics of sport and pedagogy; the social construction of gender relations; and eating disorders and obesity.
He has written a number of books on Physical Education, education policy and health education including: Politics, Policy and Practice in Physical Education (with D. Penney), Routledge, 1999; Education Policy and Social Reproduction: Class Inscription and Social Control (with J. Fitz and B. Davies), Routledge Falmer, 2009; and Education, Disordered Eating and Obesity Discourse, Routledge, 2008. He also edited Equality, Education and Physical Education, Falmer Press, 1993 and Body Knowledge and Control: Studies in the Sociology of Physical Education and Health (with B. Davies and J. Wright), Routledge, 2004.
John is also a prolific conference speaker with refereed contributions to conference presentations around the world on subjects including: the politics of pedagogy; the quality of Physical Education; eating disorders, obesity and body pedagogies; ability, equality and inclusion in Physical Education; Every Child Matters; and health education and weight management in schools. He has also written a number of official reports on the implementation of the National Curriculum for Physical Education in state primary, middle and secondary schools for the Department of Physical Education, Sports Science and Recreation Management, Loughborough University.
For more information on Sport, Education and Society, including details of the journal's aims and scope, please visit the journal homepage.
