The Routledge physical education reader / edited by Richard Bailey and David Kirk.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Nature and Values of Physical Education -- -- The nature and values of physical education / Mike McNamee -- Physical education and sport in schools : A review of benefits and outcomes / Richard Bailey -- The hidden curriculum re-examined / Linda L. Bain -- -- Part 2: Physical Education and Sport -- -- Junior sport and the evolution of sport cultures / Daryl Siedentop -- Sporting excellence, schools and sports development : The politics of crowded policy spaces / Barrie Houlihan -- -- Part 3: Physical Education and Health -- -- Health-related exercise and physical education / Jo Harris -- Physical activity and young people : Beyond participation / Jan Wright, Doune Macdonald and Lyndal Groom -- -- Part 4: Learners and Learning -- -- Situated learning in physical education / David Kirk and Doune Macdonald -- Contributions of research on student thinking in physical education / Amelia M. Lee -- Investigating the assumptions of pedagogy / Judith E. Rink -- Making a difference? Education and 'ability' in physical education / John Evans -- -- Part 5: Teachers and Teaching -- -- Exploring the everyday 'philosophies' of physical education teachers from a sociological perspective / Ken Green -- A critical pedagogy for teacher education : Towards an inquiry-oriented approach / David Kirk -- Teachers' continuing professional development in primary physical education : Lessons from present and past to inform the future / Kathleen M. Armour and Rebecca Duncombe -- Content knowledge for physical education / Daryl Siedentop -- -- Part 6: Curriculum and Content -- -- Being someone else : Using dance in anti-oppressive teaching / Michael Gard -- Teaching games for understanding and situated learning : Rethinking the Bunker-Thorpe model / David Kirk and Ann MacPhail -- Sport education, tactical games, and cooperative learning : Theoretical and pedagogical considerations / Ben Dyson, Linda L. Griffin and Peter Hastie -- -- Part 7: The Social Construction of Bodies -- -- Still feeling like a spare piece of luggage? Embodied experiences of (dis)ability in physical education and school sport / Hayley Fitzgerald -- The body as curriculum : Learning with adolescent girls / Kimberly L. Oliver and Roary Lalik -- Managing uncertainty : Obesity discourses and physical education in a risk society / Michael Gard and Jan Wright -- -- Part 8: Researching Physical Education -- -- 'It's all very well, in theory' : Theoretical perspectives and their applications in contemporary pedagogical research / Doune Macdonald [and others] -- An ecological perspective on physical education / Peter Hastie and Daryl Siedentop.