Primary Physical Education Books

New and Published Books

1. Pedagogies, Physical Culture, and Visual Methods

   Edited by Laura Azzarito, David Kirk

   Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport

   To understand and more creatively capture the social world, visual methods have increasingly become used by researchers in the social sciences and education. However, despite the rapid development of visual-based knowledge, and despite the obvious links between human movement and visual forms of...

   Published February 4th 2013 by Routledge
2. Research and Practice in Physical Education

   By Deborah Tannehill, Ann MacPhail, Ger Halbert, Frances Murphy

   Research findings in education can provide invaluable insight into how teaching practice can be improved, but research papers are often inaccessible and hard to digest. This innovative new text is designed to assist physical education students, pre-service teachers, practising teachers and teacher...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
3. Complexity Thinking in Physical Education

   Reframing Curriculum, Pedagogy and Research

   Edited by Alan Ovens, Tim Hopper, Joy Butler

   Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport

   In the past two decades, complexity thinking has emerged as an important theoretical response to the limitations of orthodox ways of understanding educational phenomena. Complexity provides ways of understanding that embrace uncertainty, non-linearity and the inevitable ‘messiness’ that is...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
4. Assessment in Physical Education

   A Sociocultural Perspective

   By Peter Hay, Dawn Penney

   Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport

   Assessment has widely been acknowledged as a central element of institutional education, shaping curriculum and pedagogy in powerful ways and representing a critical reference point in political, professional and public debates about educational achievement and policy directions. Within physical...

   Published August 30th 2012 by Routledge
5. Equity and Inclusion in Physical Education and Sport

   Edited by Gary Stidder, Sid Hayes

   An essential component of good practice in physical education is ensuring inclusivity for all pupils, regardless of need, ability or background. Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, Equity and Inclusion in Physical Education fully explores the theoretical and practical issues faced by...

   Published August 30th 2012 by Routledge
6. Game Sense

   Pedagogy for Performance, Participation and Enjoyment

   By Richard Light

   Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport

   Game Sense is an exciting and innovative approach to coaching and physical education that places the game at the heart of the session. It encourages the player to develop skills in a realistic context, to become more tactically aware, to make better decisions and to have more fun. Game Sense is a...

   Published June 14th 2012 by Routledge
7. An Introduction to Primary Physical Education

   Edited by Gerald Griggs

   Physical Education is a core component of the primary school curriculum. The primary years are perhaps the most significant period for motor development in children, a time during which basic movement competencies are developed and which offers the first opportunity for embedding physical activity...

   Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
8. Young People, Physical Activity and the Everyday

   Edited by Jan Wright, Doune Macdonald

   Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport

   Despite society’s current preoccupation with interrelated issues such as obesity, increasingly sedentary lifestyles and children’s health, there has until now been little published research that directly addresses the place and meaning of physical activity in young people’s lives. In this important...

   Published May 21st 2012 by Routledge
9. Cooperative Learning in Physical Education

   A research based approach

   Edited by Ben Dyson, Ashley Casey

   Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport

   Cooperative Learning is a dynamic instructional model that can teach diverse content to students at different grade levels, with students working together in small, structured, heterogeneous groups to master subject content. It has a strong research tradition, is used frequently as a professional...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. Research Methods in Physical Education and Youth Sport

    Edited by Kathleen Armour, Doune Macdonald

    This is the first research methods book to focus entirely on physical education and youth sport. It guides the reader through the whole research process; from the first steps to completion of a dissertation or practice-based project, and introduces key topics such as: formulating a...

    Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge