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Defining Physical Education (Routledge Revivals): The Social Construction of a School Subject in Postwar Britain
Author(s): David Kirk (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 30 Oct. 2011
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 190 pages
- ISBN-10: 041550810X
- ISBN-13: 9780415508100
Book Description
First published in 1992, David Kirk’s book analyses the public debate leading up to the 1987 General Election over the place and purpose of physical education in British schools. By locating this debate in a historical context, specifically in the period following the end of the Second World War, it attempts to illustrate how the meaning of school physical education and its aims, content and pedagogy were contested by a number of vying groups.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Defining Physical Education was originally published in twenty years ago, but my impression is that it still has a very high relevance. I think that the book .. is invaluable reading for anyone with an interest in the situation and developments in the sports and health – Håkan Larsson, Nordic Sport Science Forum, 2013
About the Author
David Kirk
