John Evans BEd(Hons) MA PhD FellowPEA
Professor of Sociology of Education and Physical Education
Contact details
Room: ZZ.1.14
Phone: +44 (0)1509 222971
Fax: +44 (0)1509 226301
Email: John.Evans@lboro.ac.uk
Background
John Evans is Professor of Sociology of Education and Physical Education in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences. John taught in comprehensive schools in outer London before completing a taught Masters degree and a PhD in the Sociology of Education at the Department of Sociology of Education, University of London.
He then spent 12 years teaching and developing research in the Sociology of Education and Physical Education at Southampton University before joining Loughborough University in 1993 and was head of the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, 1998 -2001. John is Adjunct Honorary Professor of the University of Queensland, Australia, and a Fellow of the PEAUK.
Research Interests
His research interests centre on issues relating to the politics of the curriculum, equity and identity; and embodiment, education and health.. Conceptually this research is informed by sociological and educational theory and draws heavily upon the methodology of qualitative research.
Research Projects
i) With colleague Dr Emma Rich, John is investigating the relationships between ‘obesity discourse’, education and disordered eating. Funded by the ESRC (2006-2009) this is an international collaboration with Prof Jan Wright and Dr Valerie Harwood, University of Wollongong, Australia (funded by the Australian Research Council) and Associate Professor Lisette Burrows, Otago University.
(ii) Embodiment, policy and pedagogy. Theoretical and empirical investigations of the relationships between formal and informal education, policy, social class, and subjectivity (ongoing with Brian Davies, Emeritus Professor of Education, Cardiff University).
Selected Publications
John has published extensively in the Sociology of Education
and Physical Education. His books include: Education, Disordered Eating and
Obesity Discourse (with Emma Rich, Brian Davies and Rachel Allwood;
London: Routledge, 2008); Educational Policy and Social Reproduction
(with Brian Davies and John Fitz; Routledge, 2005); Teaching in Transition: The
Challenge of Mixed Ability Grouping (Open University Press, 1985); and
co-author (with Dr Dawn Penney) of Politics, Policy and Practice in
Physical Education (E&FN Spon 1999).). His edited books include: Body
Knowledge and Control. Studies in the Sociology of Physical Education and
Health; Routledge, 2004), Physical Education, Sport and Schooling :
Studies in the Sociology of PE (Falmer Press, 1986), Teachers Teaching and
Control (Falmer Press, 1988) and Equality, Education and Physical Education,
(Falmer Press, 1993).
He is co-founder (with Dr Colin Hardy) of the international journal Sport,
Education and Society (published by Taylor and Francis).
He has published widely in professional and academic journals within the
sociology of education and Physical Education.
You can view a fuller publications list on the University Publications Database.
External Activities
- Editor in Chief: Sport, Education and Society
- Advisory Board: Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise
- Editorial Board: British Journal Sociology of Education
- Editorial Consultant: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
Selected Invited Conference Keynote and Speaker Presentations
Invited paper (with Prof Brian Davies and Dr Emma Rich): Bernstein, Body Pedagogies and the Corporeal Device, the fifth International Annual Basil Bernstein conference, Cardiff, July 12th-14th, 2008.
Invited lecture, seminar programme and visiting Professor: University of Orebro, School of Health and Medical Sciences, 2007.
Keynote: 'Distinguished Scholar' lecture: British Educational Research Association Special Interest Group, University of Glamorgan, September, 2006.
Keynote: 'Body Pedagogics and the Politics of Gender', University of Kyoto, November 2006.
Invited Speaker: 'What the Sociology of Education Doesn't Say About Risk inGoing to School', International Sociology of Education Conference, London, UK, January, 2005
Selected Recent Research Projects and Sources of Funding
'The Impact of New Health Imperatives on Schools, ESRC, £79553 (with Dr Emma Rich) April 2007-2009.