The purpose of the study is to illustrate the choices of sports profiled education amongst pupils in the upper secondary school. Special attention is brought to whether there exist any differences between team- and individual competitors in their view on sport and education. One hypothesis that constitutes the base of the study is that pupils from lower social class, in a higher extent, tend to be team competitors and choose sport activities prior education. The result has been interpreted against Bourdieu's cultural sociology, in which the central concepts are habitus and cultural- and economic capital. The method that has been used is quantitative in the form of a questionnaire study which 277 pupils have answered.                    The result shows that the sportsmen, regardless type of sport, are not influenced by social position regarding choice of education and in their view on education and studies. Something that might influence on the result of social position is that extent of sport habitus seems to have a greater effect than social position. Strong sport habitus seems to affect team sportsmen in a way in which they tend to stake less on school at the same time as individual sportsmen tend to be more motivated to study.        Further most of the respondents bear, regardless category of sport, cultural capital. Team sportsmen do not, in a higher extent, originate from lower social class than individual sportsmen.  However the results shows that team sportsmen choose sport ahead of education in a higher extent than individual sportsmen, regardless social position, which should be perceived as that the choice of education in a high extent is set by the sport. / Idrottsprofilerad utbildning

<p>The purpose of the study is to illustrate the choices of sports profiled education amongst pupils in the upper secondary school. Special attention is brought to whether there exist any differences between team- and individual competitors in their view on sport and education. One hypothesis that constitutes the base of the study is that pupils from lower social class, in a higher extent, tend to be team competitors and choose sport activities prior education. The result has been interpreted against Bourdieu's cultural sociology, in which the central concepts are habitus and cultural- and economic capital. The method that has been used is quantitative in the form of a questionnaire study which 277 pupils have answered.            </p><p>       The result shows that the sportsmen, regardless type of sport, are not influenced by social position regarding choice of education and in their view on education and studies. Something that might influence on the result of social position is that extent of sport habitus seems to have a greater effect than social position. Strong sport habitus seems to affect team sportsmen in a way in which they tend to stake less on school at the same time as individual sportsmen tend to be more motivated to study.</p><p>       Further most of the respondents bear, regardless category of sport, cultural capital. Team sportsmen do not, in a higher extent, originate from lower social class than individual sportsmen.  However the results shows that team sportsmen choose sport ahead of education in a higher extent than individual sportsmen, regardless social position, which should be perceived as that the choice of education in a high extent is set by the sport.</p> / Idrottsprofilerad utbildning