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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451212203321
• 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

Encyclopedia of Ageism

• Record Nr.: UNISA996204935203316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Haworth Press, Inc
• ISBN: 1-135-42301-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (368 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 305.26/03
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Francese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
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