Author(s): Jepkorir Rose Chepyator-thomson,Shan-Hui Hsu
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 310
Publisher: University Press of America
Language: English
Date Published: 2013-09-05
Dimensions: 160 x 236 x 28mm
Publication City/Country: Lanham, MD, United States
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Illustrations: 12 Tables, unspecified; 11 Illustrations, black and white

This book examines public policy in physical education and sport and provides insights into practices of school curriculum and after-school sport programs from a global context. The authors reflect on the continuously shifting understanding of the field of physical education, articulate issues that face physical education and sport programs in the context of historical and contemporary dilemmas, and suggest a new direction for the profession in the twenty-first century.