Secondary Physical Education

Divided into three parts, Assessment in Physical Education makes an important contribution to our understanding of the socio-cultural issues associated with assessment in physical education, in terms of its systemic development as well as at the level of pedagogic relations between physical educatio..

Teaching physical education is a challenging but rewarding occupation. This engaging new book explains the process of becoming and being a teacher of secondary school physical education, from the various routes of entry into the profession, to the realities of being a qualified PE teacher, to the wa..

This book introduces the methods by which teachers and coaches can conduct research into their own professional practice and therefore become more effective practitioners and improve their students’ learning. It is the only book on practitioner research that focuses on the challenges of working in a..

Cooperative Learning is a dynamic instructional model that can teach diverse content to students at different grade levels, with students working together in small, structured, heterogeneous groups to master subject content. This book defines Cooperative Learning in physical education and examines h..

This book offers a series of innovative, practice-oriented and critical perspectives on the application of digital technology in physical education. Organised around four key themes – theory development, models-based practice, assessment, and skill acquisition – the book asks how digital technology ..

In this powerfully argued and progressive study, David Kirk and Kimberly Oliver call for a radical reconstruction of the teaching of physical education for girls. Despite forty years of theorization and practical intervention, girls are still disengaging from physical education, dropping out of phys..

Physical literacy is an exciting new concept that has serious consequences for the fields of health and physical education. In this, the first definitive text on the subject, expert contributors explain what physical literacy means to those working with the disabled, the aged, the young, and diverse..

The first fully comprehensive review of theory, research and practice in physical education to be published in over a decade, this handbook represents an essential, evidence-based guide for all students, researchers and practitioners working in PE. Showcasing the latest research, it offers insights ..

This book re-examines a key question in the history of modern education: why did the leaders of first wave feminist physical education, who pioneered the development of the subject in late 19th and early 20th century England and through imperial influence shaped its development in Canada, Australia ..

This book re-examines a key question in the history of modern education: why did the leaders of first wave feminist physical education, who pioneered the development of the subject in late 19th and early 20th century England, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, lose control in the years following the..