Your search for: subjects:"Physical Education And Training Social Aspects"

Collection(s) searched : Entire Library

Found 34 results:

Books: 3

Journal Articles: 26

Magazine Articles: 5

Newspaper Articles: 0

Encyclopedia Articles: 0

Books on: "PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING SOCIAL ASPECTS" (Subject)

3 results

1.

The Sociology of Sport and Physical Education: An Introductory Reader

Book by Anthony Laker; Routledge Falmer, 2002

Subjects:

Physical Education And Training--Social Aspects, Sports--Social Aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

This text, intended for undergraduates on various education and sport related degree courses, covers the key, current issues in the field of sociology of sport and physical education. The first section of the text covers the importance of sport in culture, its theoretical background, and ...
Read More

This text, intended for undergraduates on various education and sport related degree courses, covers the key, current issues in the field of sociology of sport and physical education. The first section of the text covers the importance of sport in culture, its theoretical background, and methodological issues in research. The main body of the text then discusses issues including the sporting body, participation and socialisation into sport, the hidden curriculum, critical pedagogy, and sport and the media. Laker discusses in depth gender, race and ethnicity, class, and equality, and he looks at sport and the media, and the involvement of politics. The chapters are each rounded off with challenging 'reflection' questions, activities and tasks for the reader to fulfil.
Show less
2.

Body Knowledge and Control: Studies in the Sociology of Physical Education and Health

Book by John Evans, Brian Davies, Jan Wright; Routledge, 2004

Subjects:

Health Education--Social Aspects, Physical Education And Training--Social Aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Today'snbsp;societynbsp;is obsessednbsp;with the body, its size, shape and healthiness. Governments, business and the popular media, spend and earn fortunes encouraging populations to get healthy, eat properly, exercise daily and get thin. But how are currentnbsp;social trends and attitudes towards ...
Read More

Today'snbsp;societynbsp;is obsessednbsp;with the body, its size, shape and healthiness. Governments, business and the popular media, spend and earn fortunes encouraging populations to get healthy, eat properly, exercise daily and get thin. But how are currentnbsp;social trends and attitudes towards the body reflected in the curriculum of schools, in the teaching of Physical Education and Health? How do teachers and health professionals influence young people's experiences of their own and others' bodies? Is health education liberating or merely another form of regulation and social control? Drawing together some of the latest research on the body and schooling, Body Knowledge and Control offers a sharp and challenging critique of (post) modern-day attitudes toward obesity, health, childhood and the mainstream science and business interests that promote narrow body-centred ways of thinking. Includes: * A critical history of notions of body, identity and health in schools. * Analysis of the 'obesity epidemic', eating disorders * Analysisnbsp;of the influence of nurtured body image in racism, sexism, homophobia and body elitism in schools.
Show less
3.

Gender and Physical Education: Contemporary Issues and Future Directions

Book by Dawn Penney; Routledge, 2002

Subjects:

Gender Identity In Education, Physical Education And Training--Social Aspects, Sexism In Education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Gender and Physical Education offers a critical and comprehensive commentary on issues relating to gender in PE and teacher education. The book challenges our understandings of gender, equity and identity in PE, establishing a conceptual and historical foundation for the issue, as well as presenting ...
Read More

Gender and Physical Education offers a critical and comprehensive commentary on issues relating to gender in PE and teacher education. The book challenges our understandings of gender, equity and identity in PE, establishing a conceptual and historical foundation for the issue, as well as presenting a wealth of original research material.The book delivers a critical analysis of the progress and shortcomings pf contemporary policies and practice in PE as they relate to gender, and reflects on the similarities and differences between developments in the UK, US and Australia. It also offers a new framework for research, policy and practice with a view to advancing gender equity, and addresses the roles that teachers, educators and policy makers can play in challenging existing inequalities.Gender and Physical Education is important reading for students and lecturers in education, teacher educators and providers of continuing professional development in PE, and anybody concerned with gender issues in education, PE or sport.
Show less