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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451212203321

Titolo

The future of physical education : building a new pedagogy / / edited by Anthony Laker ; foreword by George Sage

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-44062-6

1-138-97487-0

0-203-46489-3

1-280-02456-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in education ; ; 6

Altri autori (Persone)

LakerAnthony <1951->

Disciplina

613.7/07

Soggetti

Physical education and training

School sports

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Physical education and educational sport a philosophical justification; 2 Sport in culture; 3 Citizenship sport and physical education; 4 Social responsibility through physical activity; 5 Reflective practice goes public reflection governmentality and postmodernity; 6 The pedagogy of motor skill learning teachers and students; 7 Sport education; 8 Physical education in the digital  postmodern era; 9 The future of physical education is this the  new pedagogy; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Anthony Laker leads an outstanding international team of educational theorists in critically examining the theoretical underpinnings of physical education, and in challenging the rhetoric, the practices and the pedagogies that prevail in our schools. There has been a great deal of discussion surrounding the value of this subject in schools, particularly around the form that physical education should take. The domination of physical education teaching by the scientific / technical discourses is problemized and it is suggested that this domination limits the potential of the subject to be cultur