SINGLETON, E. / Associate Professor / B.P.E., BEd, MEd Alberta, PhD Calgary

E-Mail: elsingle@uwo.ca
Interests: issues surrounding the physically active female body - social, cultural, historical, and ethical; researching high school physical educators’ use of competition in their gymnasiums, and how they relate concepts of ‘fair play’ to their understanding of competition; investigating the ways in which physically active females were portrayed in early children’s series books (circa 1900-1930).

 

Work in progress:

I am currently beginning preliminary work on a second book publication with my colleague Dr. Aniko Varpalotai. Intended for graduate students in Education, Kinesiology, and Health Studies, this book will be comprised of a collection of essays exploring various pedagogical perspectives on the physically active body with particular emphasis on gendered, sexualized and pedagogical implications of non-conventional body movement.

Singleton, E. & Varpalotai, A. (Eds.) (2006). Stones in the sneaker: Active theory for secondary school physical and health educators. London, ON: The Althouse Press.

Singleton, E. (2006). "This is the kind of experience I plan to encourage…":

Singleton, E. (2006). "We’ve got to stick to the curriculum, right?" Exploring female high school physical educators’ beliefs about competition in their classes. Journal of Teaching and Learning, 4, 4(1), 15-30.

Singleton, E. (2006). The Girls of Central High: How a Progressive Era book series for girls furthered the cause for female interschool sport. Children’s Literature in Education, 37(3), 211-228.

Singleton, E. (2005). Reading in Physical Education? What a novel idea! Physical and Health Education Journal, 71(2), 20-24.

Singleton, E. (2005). Camps and tramps: Civilization, culture and the use of leisure in early twentieth-century outdoor adventure series books for girls and boys. ys. ys. Leisure/Loisure: Journal of the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies, 29(1), 47- 68.

Singleton, E. (2004). Grace and Dorothy: Collisions of femininity and physical activity in two early series books for girls. Children’s Literature in Education, 35(2), 113-132.

Singleton, E. (2003). Rules? Relationships? A feminist analysis of competition and fair play in physical education. Quest, 55(2), 193-209.

O’Reilly, E., Tompkins, J. & Gallant, M. (2001). "They ought to enjoy physical activity, you know?": Struggling with fun in physical education. Sport, Education and Society, 6(2), 211-221.

O’Reilly, E. (2000). Putting it on the line: comments on selected representations of female physical educators. Avante, 6(3). 43-55.