Youth sport, physical activity and play : policy, intervention and participation / / [edited by] Andrew Parker and Don Vinson

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st edition
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Disciplina: 796.0835
• Soggetto topico: Sports for children; Exercise for children; Child psychology; Adolescent psychology
• Altri autori: ParkerAndrew VinsonDon
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Title Information ; Title Page ; Copyright Page; Dedication Page ; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Youth sport, physical activity and play; Part I: Policy ; 1 Youth sport and UK sport policy; 2 Sport, physical activity and play: A European perspective; 3 Utopian visions of childhood and play in English social policy; Part II: Intervention ; 4 Sport, intervention and self-esteem: Promoting physical activity with disengaged adolescents; 5 Sport, physical activity and youth imprisonment ; 6 Young people, football and 'respect'?7 Sport, development and African culture; Part III: Participation; 8 Physical activity and sedentary behaviour among adolescents; 9 Moving forward from the Physical Education, School Sport and Young People Strategy; 10 Sports coaching and young people in the twenty-first century; 11 The next generation: Young people, sport and volunteering; 12 Sport, volunteering and marginalised youth; Afterword: Reconsidering youth sport, physical activity and play ; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <P>Sport, physical activity and play are key constituents of social life, impacting such diverse fields as healthcare, education and criminal justice. Over the past decade, governments around the world have begun to place physical activity at the heart of social policy, providing increased opportunities for participation for young people. This groundbreaking text explores the various ways in which young people experience sport, physical activity and play as part of their everyday lives, and the interventions and outcomes that shape and define those experiences.</P><P></P><P>The book covers a r
• Titolo autorizzato: Youth sport, physical activity and play
• ISBN: 1-136-51038-9; 1-138-83771-7; 0-203-14743-X; 1-136-51039-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823497603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society