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  1. Sport and Physical Education in Germany

    Edited by Ken Hardman, Roland Naul

    Sport and physical education represent important components of German national life, from school and community participation, to elite, international level sport. This unique and comprehensive collection brings together material from leading German scholars to examine the role of sport and PE in...

    Published March 27th 2002 by Routledge

  2. Gender and Physical Education

    Contemporary Issues and Future Directions

    Edited by Dawn Penney

    Gender and Physical Education offers a critical and comprehensive commentary on issues relating to gender in PE and teacher education. The book challenges our understandings of gender, equity and identity in PE, establishing a conceptual and historical foundation for the issue, as well as...

    Published February 27th 2002 by Routledge

  3. Spoilsports

    Understanding and Preventing Sexual Exploitation in Sport

    By Celia Brackenridge

    Series: Ethics and Sport

    Sexual exploitation in sport is a problem that has beset both male and female athletes privately for decades but which has only recently emerged as a public issue. Spoilsports is the first comprehensive review of this issue, integrating pioneering academic research, theoretical perspectives, and...

    Published June 20th 2001 by Routledge

  4. Issues in Physical Education

    Edited by Susan Capel, Susan Piotrowski

    Series: Issues in Teaching Series

    Issues in Physical Education stimulates student-teachers, NQTs and practising physical education teachers to reflect on issues important to improving teaching in physical education. It encourages reflection and debate as an important part of professional development. Issues discussed include: aims...

    Published August 30th 2000 by Routledge

  5. Sport and Physical Education in China

    By Robin Jones, James (Jim) Riordan

    Written by a number of expert scholars from around the world, including China itself, with the aim of extending knowledge and taking the cross-cultural study of PE and sport beyond the descriptive level, this book provides unique and up to date material.Subjects covered include:*ancient and modern...

    Published July 21st 1999 by Routledge

  6. Politics, Policy and Practice in Physical Education

    By John Evans, Dawn Penney

    Using the example and context of Physical Education, a particularly vivid and comprehensive illustration is provided of the processes involved in the development of the National Curriculum for Physical Education in England and Wales between 1988-1995.The authors draw upon the extensive research to...

    Published February 3rd 1999 by Routledge

  7. Children and Exercise XIX

    Promoting health and well-being

    Edited by N. Armstrong

    The XIXth International Symposium of the European Group of Pediatric Work Physiology was held in Moretonhampstead, UK in September 1997 drawing together academic and medical experts from 26 countries under the theme of promoting health and well-being. This book contains the full text of the 11...

    Published September 24th 1997 by Taylor & Francis

  8. Risk and Safety in Play

    The law and practice for adventure playgrounds

    By Dave Potter

    Produced by PLAYLINK, a registered charity which assists local communities to create adventure playgrounds for children. Established in 1962, PLAYLINK is recognised as the national authority on good practice for play provision of this type. This essential handbook draws on PLAYLINK's 35 years...

    Published July 2nd 1997 by Taylor & Francis

  9. Coaching Children in Sport

    Principles and Practice

    By Dr Martin Lee

    This book has arisen out of a need for a text which tackles the special issues relating to coaching children (from 6 - 16) in sport. Academics (many with coaching experience) and practitioners have been commissioned to write on their specialist areas....

    Published June 2nd 1993 by Routledge