How Long to Read Lessons of the Locker Room

How Long Does it Take to Read Lessons of the Locker Room?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 7 minutes to read Lessons of the Locker Room by Andrew W. Dr Miracle

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Sports builds character is a truism rarely questioned by Americans. Most parents encourage their children to take part in competitive athletics, and organized team sports are available to young people from the early years of grammar school through high school and college. Occasionally some disturbing incidents cast doubt on the assumption that sport is necessarily beneficial to character development: a serious injury on the playing field due to gratuitous violence, drug use, gambling, or sexual misconduct. Whole communities have wondered how organized team sports, supposedly designed to build character, can lead to such drastic deviations from the imagined ideals.In Lessons of the Locker Room, anthropologist Andrew W. Miracle Jr. and sociologist C. Roger Rees explore the fascinating underpinnings of school sports and examine the evidence to support the prevailing assumption that sport is an ennobling experience. They find that participation has little effect on positive character development. Far from building model citizens, their research shows that competitive team sports may foster selfish motives and antisocial behavior. Rather than learning self-sacrifice and dedication, athletes often pick up the message that winning isn't everything - it's the only thing.. . . an excellent supplementary text in undergraduate courses in the sociology of sport or the sociology of education. It also could serve to raise the consciousness of educational reformers and activist citizens. And, it is a valuable resource for academicians who are concerned about the role of sport in society but who do not maintain a research interest in the field. -The Association for the Study of Play. . . it belongs in the library of all sport sociologists interested in the realtionships between sport and education. The book is a good example of functional analysis and might well be assigned to graduate classes in sport sociology and physical education. Educators pondering the future of sport in their schools would also be well advised to read it. -Sociology of Sport Journal

How long is Lessons of the Locker Room?

Lessons of the Locker Room by Andrew W. Dr Miracle is 244 pages long, and a total of 61,976 words.

This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Lessons of the Locker Room Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 38 minutes to read Lessons of the Locker Room aloud.

What Reading Level is Lessons of the Locker Room?

Lessons of the Locker Room is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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