Professor Hayley Fitzgerald, Professor

Professor Hayley Fitzgerald

Professor

Hayley joined Leeds Beckett University in September 2005 as a Senior Lecturer.

Prior to taking this position Hayley worked for six years as a researcher at Loughborough University and managed the evaluation of a range of national and regional projects supporting young disabled people in physical education and youth sport.

Many of these projects were linked the 'PE and Sport Strategy for Young People' and the work of the Youth Sport Trust. Hayley has also worked for a number of disability sport organisations in Yorkshire. 

Current Teaching

Hayley teaches on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules focusing on social and cultural aspects of leisure, sport and physical education. Hayley also supervises four PhD students.

Research Interests

Hayley's research interests are primarily in the area of disability, physical education and youth sport. Hayley is committed to including all young disabled people within research and evaluation work. She has extensive experience of developing accessible and participatory research strategies.

Theoretically, Hayley's work draws on British disability studies, sociology of physical education and sport and the work of Pierre Bourdieu. Hayley is the Co-convener of the British Educational Research Association - PE and Sport Pedagogy Special Interest Group and is the Chair of the United Kingdom Disability Sport Coaching, Learning and Leadership Group.

Professor Hayley Fitzgerald, Professor

Selected Outputs

  • Fitzgerald H (2020) 16 The welfare of disabled people in sport. In: Routledge Handbook of Athlete Welfare. pp. 183-196.

  • Heck S; Fitzgerald H; Solenes O; Magnanini A; Black K (2019) Cultural factors currently affecting inclusive practice – Europe. In: Inclusive Physical Education Around the World. Routledge, pp. 173-185.

  • Fitzgerald H; Drury S; Stride A (2017) ‘Representations of the sporting female: Queering Paralympic Barbie’. In: Mansfield L; Caudwell J; Wheaton B; Watson B ed. Palgrave Handbook of Feminism in Sport, Leisure and PE. London: Palgrave,

  • Fitzgerald HF; Long J (2017) Integration or Special Provision? Positioning disabled people in sport and leisure. In: long J; Watson R; fletcher T ed. Sport, Leisure and Social Justice. London: Routledge,

  • Stride A; Fitzgerald HF (2017) Working towards social justice through participatory research with young people in sport and leisure. In: Long J; Watson R; Fletcher T ed. Sport, Leisure and Social Justice. London: Routledge,

  • Flintoff A; Fitzgerald H; Scraton S (2017) The Challenges of Intersectionality: Researching Difference in Physical Education. In: Ball SJ ed. Sociology of Education II. London: Routledge, Chapman and Hall,

  • Fitzgerald HF (2017) Disability and barriers to inclusion. In: Brittain I; Beacon A ed. Palgrave Handbook of Paralympic Studies. London: Palgrave Macmillan,

  • Fitzgerald HF (2016) Sport is not for all: the transformative (im)possibilities of sport for young disabled people. In: Dionigi RA; Gard M ed. Sport and Physical Activity across the Lifespan Critical Perspectives. London: Palgrave Macmillan,

  • Fitzgerald H (2016) Families, disability and sport. In: Families, Young People, Physical Activity and Health. Routledge, pp. 219-227.

  • Stride A; Fitzgerald H; May E (2016) Coaching Disabled Footballers..A Study of the Coach Journey. In: Allison W; Abraham A; Cale A ed. Advances in Coach Education and Development..From Research to Practice. Oxon: Routledge,

  • Fitzgerald HF (2015) Dis/ability and Physical Education. In: lisahunter; Smith W ed. Fields of Physical Culture: Encounters with and beyond Pierre Bourdieu. London: Routledge,

  • Fitzgerald H (2014) Mentoring. In: Mentoring in Physical Education and Sports Coaching. Routledge, pp. 57-65.

  • Fitzgerald H; Hay P (2014) Understanding dis/ability in physical education through the lens of Bourdieu. In: Pierre Bourdieu and Physical Culture. pp. 117-125.

  • Fitzgerald HF (2013) Disability and Sport Development. In: Hylton K ed. Sport Development: Policy, process and practice. Routledge, pp. 253-271.

  • Fitzgerald H (2013) Rethinking Inclusion through the Lens of Ethical Education. In: Light R; Harvey S ed. Ethics in Youth Sport: Policy and Pedagogical Applications. London: Routledge,

  • Fitzgerald H; Stride A; Jobling A (2012) Inclusivity and Research - Capturing the lived experiences of young people with disabilities. In: Moore D; Gorra A; Reaney J; Smith H ed. Disabled Students in Education: Technology, Transition and Inclusivity. London: IGI,

  • Fitzgerald H (2011) Disabling Physical Education and Sport. In: Armour K ed. Introduction to Sport Pedagogy for Teachers and Coaches. London: Pearson Education,

  • Fitzgerald H (2011) Knowing disability: I'm the alien from outer space. In: Kentel JA ed. Concerning the Education of Children and Youth: The Ethics of Care. London: Peter Lang Publishers,

  • Fitzgerald H; Stride A (2011) Young people's narratives of disability and sport. In: Watson B; Harpin J ed. Identities, Cultures and Voices in Leisure, Sport and Tourism. Eastbourne: LSA,

  • Stride A; Fitzgerald H; Rankin-Wright AJ; Barnes L (In press) The en/gendering of volunteering: “I’ve pretty much always noticed that the tail runner is always female”. Sport Management Review

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2019.05.006

  • Stride A; Brazier R; Fitzgerald H (2022) Misguided and Modest: Reflections of Our Youth Voice Research. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 4

    https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.824953

  • Maher AJ; Fitzgerald H (2022) The culture of special schools: perceptions of the nature, purpose and value of physical education. Educational Review, 74 (4), pp. 773-787.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2020.1721437

  • Drury S; Stride A; Firth O; Fitzgerald H (2022) The transformative potential of trans*-inclusive PE: the experiences of PE teachers. Sport, Education and Society, pp. 1-14.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2022.2034142

  • Drury S; Stride A; Fitzgerald H; Hyett-Allen N; Pylypiuk L; Whitford-Stark J (2022) “I'm a Referee, Not a Female Referee”: The Experiences of Women Involved in Football as Coaches and Referees. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3

    https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.789321

  • Andre M; Vidoni C; Fitzgerald H (2021) Blended professional development in physical education: merging long-distance with face-to-face ongoing support. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 21 (2), pp. 956-965.

    https://doi.org/10.7752/jpes.2021.02119

  • Fitzgerald H; Stride A; Drury S (2021) Throwing your hat in the ring: Women volunteers in boxing. Sport in Society

    https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2021.1878148

  • Fitzgerald H; Stride A; Enright E (2020) Messy methods: Making sense of participatory research with young people in PE and sport. European Physical Education Review

    https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336x20953462

  • Fitzgerald H; Stride A; Drury S (2020) COVID-19, lockdown and (disability) sport. Managing Sport and Leisure

    https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2020.1776950

  • Maher AJ; Fitzgerald H; McVeigh J (2020) Factors influencing the culture of special school physical education : A Gramscian critique. European Physical Education Review

    https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X20901337

  • Maher AJ; Fitzgerald H (2020) Initial teacher education and continuing professional development : the perspectives of special school physical education teachers. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 11 (1), pp. 18-33.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/25742981.2019.1696687

  • Foster R; Fitzgerald H; Stride A (2019) The socialization and participation of Deaflympians in sport. Sport in Society, 22 (12), pp. 1904-1918.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2018.1530219

  • Townsend RC; Huntley T; Cushion CJ; Fitzgerald HF (2018) ‘It’s not about disability, I want to win as many medals as possible’: The social construction of disability in high-performance coaching. International Review for the Sociology of Sport

    https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690218797526

  • Stride A; Flintoff A; Fitzgerald H; Drury S; Brazier R (2018) Gender, Physical Education and Active Lifestyles: New Directions and Challenges - Introduction to Special Issue. Sport, Education and Society, 23 (7), pp. 633-637.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2018.1494564

  • Petrie K; Devcich J; Fitzgerald H (2018) Working towards inclusive physical education in a primary school: ‘some days I just don’t get it right’. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 23 (4), pp. 345-357.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2018.1441391

  • Stride A; Drury S; Fitzgerald H (2018) ‘Last goal wins’: re/engaging women of a ‘forgotten’ age through football?. Sport, Education and Society, 24 (7), pp. 770-783.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2018.1428548

  • Stride A; Fitzgerald H; Allison W (2017) A narrative approach: The possibilities for sport management. Sport Management Review, 20 (1), pp. 33-42.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2016.10.002

  • Flintoff A; Dowling F; Fitzgerald H (2015) Working through whiteness, race and (anti) racism in physical education teacher education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 20 (5), pp. 559-570.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2014.962017

  • Flintoff A; Dowling F; Fitzgerald H (2014) Working through whiteness, race and (anti) racism in physical education teacher education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

    https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2014.962017

  • Flintoff A; Fitzgerald H (2014) Introducing the physical education and sport pedagogy 2012 scholar lecture. Sport, Education and Society, 19 (3), pp. 314-319.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2013.802685

  • Dowling F; Fitzgerald H; Flintoff A (2014) Narratives from the road to social justice in PETE: teacher educator perspectives. Sport, Education and Society, 20 (8), pp. 1029-1047.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2013.871249

  • Fitzgerald H; Gard M (2014) The Elite Development Goal, Physical Education and Progression into Disability Sport. Disability and Society

  • Fitzgerald H (2012) Paralympic Athletes and “Knowing Disability”. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 59 (3), pp. 243-255.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2012.697721

  • Fitzgerald H; Stride A (2012) Stories about Physical Education from Young People with Disabilities. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 59 (3), pp. 283-293.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2012.697743

  • Fitzgerald H (2011) 'Drawing' on disabled students' experiences of physical education and stakeholder responses. Sport, Education and Society, 17 (4), pp. 443-462.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.609290

  • Stride A; Fitzgerald H (2011) Girls with learning disabilities and football on the brain. , 12 (3), pp. 457-470.

  • Stride A; Fitzgerald HF (2011) Girls with learning disabilities and 'football on the brain'. Soccer and Society, 12 (3), pp. 457-470.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2011.568111

  • Fitzgerald H; Kirk D (2009) Identity work: Young disabled people, family and sport. Leisure Studies, 28 (4), pp. 469-488.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/02614360903078659

  • Flintoff A; Fitzgerald H; Scraton S (2008) The challenges of intersectionality: Researching difference in physical education. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 18 (2), pp. 73-85.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/09620210802351300

  • Gard M; Fitzgerald H (2008) Tackling Murderball: Masculinity, Disability and the Big Screen. Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 2 (2), pp. 126-141.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/17511320802222008

  • Fitzgerald H; Kay T (2007) In your Expert Opinion - What experts think about disabled pupils' insights into physical education and sport. Physical Education Matters, 2 (1), pp. 36-41.

  • Fitzgerald H (2007) Dramatizing Physical Education: Using Drama in Research. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 35 (4), pp. 253-260.

    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3156.2007.00471.x

  • Fitzgerald H (2005) Still Feeling Like a Spare Piece of Luggage? Embodied experiences of (dis)ability in physical education and school sport. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 10 (1), pp. 41-59.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/1740898042000334908

  • Fitzgerald H; Stevenson P; Botterill M (2004) Including Disabled Pupils in PE and School Sport: Teachers CPD experiences. British Journal of Teaching Physical Education, 35 (4), pp. 43-48.

  • Fitzgerald H; Kirk D; Jobling A (2003) Valuing the Voices of Young Disabled People: Exploring experiences of physical education and sport. European Journal of Physical Education, 8 (2), pp. 175-200.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/1740898030080206

  • Fitzgerald H; Kirk D; Jobling A (2003) Listening to the ‘Voices’ of Students with Severe Learning Difficulties through a Task-based Approach to Research and Learning in Physical Education. Support for Learning: British Journal of Learning Support, 18 (3), pp. 123-129.

    https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9604.00294

  • Fitzgerald H (2011) Inclusive Coaching: Disability [Online]. Leeds: Sports Coach UK.

  • Fitzgerald H; Lang M (2009) A review of the literature on volunteering, disability and sport [Online]. East Midlands: English Federation of Disability Sport.

  • eds. Fitzgerald HF; Donovan M (2017) The Worcester Way: An inclusive approach to physical education and sport. Worcester: University of Worcester.

  • Dowling F; Fitzgerald H; Flintoff A (2012) Equity and Difference in Physical Education, Youth Sport and Health: A Narrative Approach. London: Routledge.

  • Long JA; Fitzgerald H; Millward P (2011) Delivering Equality in Sport and Leisure. Eastbourne: Leisure Studies Association.

  • Fitzgerald H (2008) Disability and youth sport.