This book sets out to celebrate physical education and sport, and by doing so, encourage the educational establishment to embrace the subject area as a vehicle for the complete development of the individual. In addition, it shows that the benefits of physical activity far outweigh the shallow claims of populous magazines - there are benefits for the individual, the community and for society as a whole. Laker contends that the importance of physical education and sport in many areas of social life has been overlooked at best, and misused at worst. Physical activity has a vast contribution to make, not only as a topic of small talk on a Monday morning, but also to the personal and social development of individuals and possibly to the well-being of the global community as a whole. This book explores the land 'beyond the boundaries of the game.'
Author(s): Anthony Laker
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 142
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of Figures......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Illustration Acknowledgements......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
An Historical Perspective on the Purposes of Physical Education......Page 13
Contemporary Physical Education: Aims, Objectives and Purposes......Page 24
The Extent of the Affective Dimension in Physical Education......Page 37
From Theory into Practice: What Really Happens in Schools......Page 61
Responsibility, Personal, Social and Moral Education, and Citizenship: Is This Physical Education for the New Millennium?......Page 83
The 'Once and Future' Subject: Some Current Issues in Physical Education......Page 102
Conclusion......Page 122
References......Page 125
Index......Page 134
