Understanding Physical Education

Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
1 The Nature and Purposes of Physical Education......Page 16
2 Policy and Physical Education......Page 32
3 The ‘State’ of Physical Education......Page 54
4 Extra-Curricular Physical Education......Page 71
5 Assessment and Examinations in Physical Education......Page 87
6 Health and Physical Education......Page 105
7 Youth Sport and Physical Education......Page 126
8 Gender and Physical Education......Page 146
9 Social Class and Physical Education......Page 163
10 Ethnicity and Physical Education......Page 176
11 Disability, Special Educational Needs and Physical Education......Page 196
12 Teaching Physical Education......Page 216
Conclusion......Page 236
References......Page 245
Index......Page 278