Contemporary Issues in Education, Health and Sports
Author : B. O. Ogundele
Publisher :
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 20,52 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Athletics
ISBN : 9789780749415
Author : B. O. Ogundele
Publisher :
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 20,52 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Athletics
ISBN : 9789780749415
Author : Kay Biscomb
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,78 MB
Release : 2016-02-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1443888486
This collection of essays is the result of the debate and discussion at the European Sport Development Network’s (ESDN) annual conference in 2014. ESDN’s vision is to help create an environment where sports policies, programmes and practices are positively influenced by innovative, research-informed insight and collaborations between academics and practitioners. The chapters in this book closely reflect the remit and purpose of the ESDN in that they come from a variety of academics and sport practitioners. Under a broad theme of ‘Opportunity through sport’, the chapters reflect the nature and breadth of outcomes which are possible through active participation in sport. The contributions to this book touch upon many of these issues. They are all written from the perspective of either academic researchers or applied practitioners working in sport development in line with the aims of ESDN of providing a common forum to bring together research and practice. Four chapters are written from the applied practitioner perspective, five chapters emerge from academic research and one chapter is a hybrid of PhD research located within a county sports partnership. These contributions will be useful for scholars, students and practitioners alike.
Author : Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 13,74 MB
Release : 2013-11-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309283140
Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health across the lifespan. A lack of activity increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression and others diseases. Emerging literature has suggested that in terms of mortality, the global population health burden of physical inactivity approaches that of cigarette smoking. The prevalence and substantial disease risk associated with physical inactivity has been described as a pandemic. The prevalence, health impact, and evidence of changeability all have resulted in calls for action to increase physical activity across the lifespan. In response to the need to find ways to make physical activity a health priority for youth, the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment was formed. Its purpose was to review the current status of physical activity and physical education in the school environment, including before, during, and after school, and examine the influences of physical activity and physical education on the short and long term physical, cognitive and brain, and psychosocial health and development of children and adolescents. Educating the Student Body makes recommendations about approaches for strengthening and improving programs and policies for physical activity and physical education in the school environment. This report lays out a set of guiding principles to guide its work on these tasks. These included: recognizing the benefits of instilling life-long physical activity habits in children; the value of using systems thinking in improving physical activity and physical education in the school environment; the recognition of current disparities in opportunities and the need to achieve equity in physical activity and physical education; the importance of considering all types of school environments; the need to take into consideration the diversity of students as recommendations are developed. This report will be of interest to local and national policymakers, school officials, teachers, and the education community, researchers, professional organizations, and parents interested in physical activity, physical education, and health for school-aged children and adolescents.
Author : Ron Woods
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 22,83 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Sports
ISBN : 1492593850
Social Issues in Sport, Fourth Edition, explores common questions and issues about sport and its relation to society through various sociological and cultural lenses. The text is grounded in practical application and provides social theories through which students may examine real-world issues
Author : Andrew Yiannakis
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 14,55 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780736037105
Melnick, PhD, Contemporary Issues in Sociology of Sport includes: an exploration of topics and themes that have received limited attention in other sociology of sport texts but have been long-standing social concerns; a review of the attitudes toward female athletes and the anti-homosexual phobias present in sport; an in-depth look at the impoverishment of children's games in America; an overview of high school sport participation; a study of the challenges and benefits of the big-time collegiate sport experience; a critique of television's impact on sport and its portrayal of gender and race, and a review of sport and globalization. Unit I provides the reader with a historical background on the development of sociology of sport and addresses several critical issues about the relationship between sociology, physical education, and sociology of sport.
Author : Children's Issues Coalition
Publisher : Ian Randle Publishers
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 18,4 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Action research
ISBN : 9766371288
Caribbean Childhoods: From Research to Action is an annual publication produced by the Children s Issues Coalition at the University of the West Indies, Mona. The series seeks to provide an avenue for the dissemination of research and experiences on children s health, development, behaviour and education, and to provide a forum for the discussion of these issues.
Author : Peter Bramham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,87 MB
Release : 2006-09-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1135801452
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Ken Green
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,56 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780761944980
This book is a core text for physical education courses. It deals with enduring themes and contemporary issues in primary and secondary physical education.
Author : Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Education
Publisher :
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 17,18 MB
Release : 2008
Category :
ISBN : 9789780544805
Author : Ken Hardman
Publisher : Meyer & Meyer Verlag
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 31,66 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Education
ISBN : 1841263125
The book provides an insight into the current situation of PE in schools across Europe as a forerunner to addressing PE-related existing and emerging issues in various contexts.