Physical Education: Essential Issues

A reader on the enduring themes and contemporary issues in physical education, useful for both undergraduate and graduate students. Its 13 chapters incorporate philosophical, sociological, pedagogical, and comparative perspectives on topics including gender and physical education; race and physical education; the nature and values of physical education; health-related exercise and physical education; and model-based teaching and assessment. While the work is oriented toward secondary school PE in the UK, editors Green (Chester Centre for Research Into Sport and Society, University College Chester) and Hardman (Akita U., Japan; University College, Worcester) note that specific topics have relevance internationally as well as at other levels of schooling. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR