Beyond the boundaries of physical education : educating young people for citizenship and social responsibility / Anthony Laker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laker, Anthony, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physical education and training--Social aspects.

Physical education and training.

Sports--Social aspects.

Sports.

Citizenship--Study and teaching.

Citizenship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge/Falmer Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book sets out to celebrate physical education and sport, and by doing so, encourage the educational establishment to embrace the subject area as a vehicle for the complete development of the individual. In addition, it shows that the benefits of physical activity far outweigh the shallow claims of populous magazines - there are benefits for the individual, the community and for society as a whole. Laker contends that the importance of physical education and sport in many areas of social life has been overlooked at best, and misused at worst. Physical activity has a vast contribution to

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Illustration Acknowledgements; Introduction; An Historical Perspective on the Purposes of Physical Education; Contemporary Physical Education: Aims, Objectives and Purposes; The Extent of the Affective Dimension in Physical Education; From Theory into Practice: What Really Happens in Schools; Responsibility, Personal, Social and Moral Education, and Citizenship: Is This Physical Education for the New Millennium?; The 'Once and Future' Subject: Some Current Issues in Physical Education; Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [116]-124) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-70127-X

1-135-70128-8

0-203-13579-2

0-203-16973-5

1-280-40139-7

9780203135792

OCLC:

559317055