Overview:
Written by an outstanding team of authors, this title corresponds perfectly to the Qualifications Curriculum Authority (QCA) criteria for A-Level study in PE. The book prepares students thoroughly for course exams and university study. The 375 page text presents comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the educational, ethical, biophysical, historical, social, political, cultural and psychological dimensions of performance, studied in A-Level PE. An Online study guide packed with exam style questions comes FREE with this title. |
Contents:- Part 1: Educational, Ethical and Psychological Dimensions of Reflective Performance in Physical Education
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Chapter 1.1 A-Level Physical Education: The Field of Study
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Chapter 1.2 Equity in Physical Education: Principles in Practice
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Chapter 1.3 Learning to Become a Reflective Performer
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Chapter 1.4 Psychological Factors Influencing Reflective Performance
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Part 2: Biophysical Dimensions of Reflective Performance Physical Education
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Chapter 2.1 Functional Anatomy and Performance
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Chapter 2.2 Energy for Physical Activity
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Chapter 2.3 Physiological Capacity for Physical Activity
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Chapter 2.4 Improving Physiological Capacity for Physical Activity
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Chapter 2.5 Biomechanical Factors Influencing Performance: Describing Motion
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Chapter 2.6 Biomechanical Factors Influencing Performance: The Effects of Forces and Torques
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Part 3: Historical Dimensions of Reflective Performance in Physical Education
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Chapter 3.1 Physical Training and the Health of Working-Class Children, 1850-1933
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Chapter 3.2 The Rise of the Games Ethic in Schools, 1850-1950
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Chapter 3.3 Gendered Physical Education, 1930-1960
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Chapter 3.4 The Emergence of a Scientific Base to Physical Education and Sport, 1946-1970
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Chapter 3.5 Government Involvement in Sport and Recreation and the Rescue of Working Class Youth, 1920-1965
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Chapter 3.6 The Social Construction of Sport-Based Physical Education, 1940-1970
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Part 4: Policy Dimensions of Reflective Performance in Physical Education
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Chapter 4.1 The 1980s: New and progressive times in physical education?
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Chapter 4.2 From Crisis to Reform. The introduction of a National Curriculum for Physical Education
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Chapter 4.3 Physical Education in England and Wales in the year 2000
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Part 5: Policy Dimensions of Reflective Performance in Sport Development
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Chapter 5.1 Key National Organisations in Sport Provision
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Chapter 5.2 National Policies for Sport Provision
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Chapter 5.3 Local Provision of Sport and Recreation
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Part 6: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Reflective Performance in Physical Education
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Chapter 6.1 The Body, Culture and Physical Activity
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Chapter 6.2 The Commodification of Physical Culture
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Chapter 6.3 The Social Construction of Gender in Physical Education and Sport
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Chapter 6.4 Comparative Perspectives on Physical Education and Sport
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Answers to Test Yourself Questions
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Index
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About the Authors
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About the Author:
David Kirk, PhD, is a Beckwith Professor of Youth Sport in the department of physical education, sport science and recreation management at Loughborough University, where he earned his doctorate in philosophy in 1987. He also holds an honorary chair in human movement studies at the University of Queensland and is adjunct professor of physical education at the University of Limerick. Dr. Kirk has 18 years of experience as a physical education teacher, researcher, and teacher educator. He has authored or coauthored numerous books, including three previous textbooks: Senior Physical Education: An Integrated Approach, Sociocultural Foundations of Human Movement, and Learning to Teach Physical Education. Dr. Kirk is a member of the Physical Education Association of the United Kingdom and a consultant to the Qualifications Curriculum Authority (QCA) for the accreditation of A-level physical education courses. He and his wife, Susan, and their three children live in Loughborough. |
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