If Sargent Could See Us Now: Values and Program Survival in Higher Education
- 1 December 1992
- journal article
- the eleventh-dudley-allen-sargent-lecture
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Quest
- Vol. 44 (3) , 398-411
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00336297.1992.10484064
Abstract
The elimination of programs in physical education in higher education is both a cause for concern and an opportunity to reflect on the values that dominate physical education in higher education. In this essay, I argue that current values in the socialization of doctoral students, induction to the professoriate, and gatekeeping of scholarly journals primarily support specialized knowledge production and technical rationality. Alternatives to current values are reviewed, including “consultation” with Dudley Allen Sargent. I conclude with an argument for more diversity in purpose, scholarship, and definitions of excellence.Keywords
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