Dr Symeon Dagkas
Lecturer in Sport Studies
Tel: +44 (0) 121 415 8389
Fax: +44 (0) 121 414 5619
Email: S.Dagkas@bham.ac.uk
BSc, Mphil, PhD
Profile
Currently a member of the Physical Activity Sport and Education (PHASE) research group, Symeon has been working in the School of Education since 2002. Previously he was a lecturer at the University of Greenwich. His first degree was a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science in Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. He completed his PhD studies at the university of Exeter in 2002. Symeon has established a research profile on issues related to multiple disadvantaged and adolescents’ participation in PE and Physical Activity Settings. His main research interests include ethnicity, social class and sport/PE/ physical activity participation.
Research interests
Projects
Teaching and administration responsibilities
Symeon lectures on the School’s BA Sport, Physical Education and Coaching Sciences degree; BA Applied Golf Management Studies ; MPhil (B) in Sports Coaching; and Mphil (B) in Dance. More specifically his teaching responsibilities include the following:
In addition Symeon teachers in two Postgraduate programmes: Mphil B in Coaching (Research methods) and Mphil B in Dance (Sociology & Research methods)
Administrative responsibilities
Programme Leader for SPECS; BA Sport PE and Coaching Sciences; Director of PHASE research group (Physical Activity, Sport and Education); Admission tutor for SPECS and former Academic Group Manager of KCD research group (Knowledge, Culture and Diversity)
Other professional appointments
Member of BERA; AIESEP; AfPE and ISSP
Publications (selection)
Dagkas, S., Benn, T. & Jawad, H. (In Press) Multiple Voices: Improving participation of Muslim Girls in Physical Education and School Sport, Sport, Education and Society
Quarmby, T., & Dagkas, S., (2010) Children's engagement in leisure time physical activity; Exploring family structure as a determinant, Leisure Studies
Benn, T., Dagkas, S., & Jawad, H. (In Press) Embodied faith: Islam, religious freedom and educational practices in physical education, Sport, Education and Society
Dagkas, S. & Benn, T.C. (2006), Young Muslim Women’s experiences of Islam and Physical Education in Greece and Britain: A Comparative Study, Sport Education and Society, 11(1), 21-38
Dagkas, S. (2007), Exploring Teaching Practices in Physical Education with Culturally Diverse Classes: A Cross- Cultural Study, European Journal of Teacher Education, 30(4), 431-443
Bailey, R., & Dagkas, S., (Eds, forthcoming). Inclusion and Exclusion in Youth Sport. London: Routledge