Description
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.
About the Author
Jepkorir Rose Chepyator-Thomson is a professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Georgia. Her teaching and research interests include public policy, global diversity in sport, and gender, race, and ethnicity in physical education. She is the author of sixty publications including one book, African Women and Globalization, and several chapters and research articles. She has appeared on 20/20 and NPR. Shan-Hui Hsu is associate professor in the Office of Physical Education at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. Her teaching and research interests include gender studies in sport, popular culture in media technology, and physical education and sport pedagogy. She is the author of Identity, Difference and Voicing: Pedagogical Praxis in Gender Studies (2009), Sociology of Sport (2012), and seven research articles.
Reviews
This is an excellent book. It provides a detailed examination of issues that face the fields of physical education and sport in worldwide environments. It is an outstanding textbook for physical teachers and coaches, who work in preparing the youth for their growth and prosperity in society. -- Doris Corbett, former president of the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance (ICHPER.SD) and AAHPERD, and director of the School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Sciences, Northern Iowa University
Book Information
ISBN 9780761861171
Author Jepkorir Rose Chepyator-Thomson
Format Hardback
Page Count 310
Imprint University Press of America
Publisher University Press of America
Weight(grams) 590g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 28mm
About the Author
Jepkorir Rose Chepyator-Thomson is a professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Georgia. Her teaching and research interests include public policy, global diversity in sport, and gender, race, and ethnicity in physical education. She is the author of sixty publications including one book, African Women and Globalization, and several chapters and research articles. She has appeared on 20/20 and NPR. Shan-Hui Hsu is associate professor in the Office of Physical Education at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. Her teaching and research interests include gender studies in sport, popular culture in media technology, and physical education and sport pedagogy. She is the author of Identity, Difference and Voicing: Pedagogical Praxis in Gender Studies (2009), Sociology of Sport (2012), and seven research articles.
Reviews
This is an excellent book. It provides a detailed examination of issues that face the fields of physical education and sport in worldwide environments. It is an outstanding textbook for physical teachers and coaches, who work in preparing the youth for their growth and prosperity in society. -- Doris Corbett, former president of the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance (ICHPER.SD) and AAHPERD, and director of the School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Sciences, Northern Iowa University
Book Information
ISBN 9780761861171
Author Jepkorir Rose Chepyator-Thomson
Format Hardback
Page Count 310
Imprint University Press of America
Publisher University Press of America
Weight(grams) 590g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 28mm
