ABSTRACT

The first fully comprehensive review of theory, research and practice in physical education to be published in over a decade, this handbook represents an essential, evidence-based guide for all students, researchers and practitioners working in PE. Showcasing the latest research and theoretical work, it offers important insights into effective curriculum management, student learning, teaching and teacher development across a variety of learning environments.

This handbook not only examines the methods, influences and contexts of physical education in schools, but also discusses the implications for professional practice. It includes both the traditional and the transformative, spanning physical education pedagogies from the local to the international. It also explores key questions and analysis techniques used in PE research, illuminating the links between theory and practice. Its nine sections cover a wide range of topics including:

  • curriculum theory, development, policy and reform
  • transformative pedagogies and adapted physical activity
  • educating teachers and analysing teaching
  • the role of student and teacher cognition
  • achievement motivation.

Offering an unprecedented wealth of material, the Routledge Handbook of Physical Education Pedagogies is an essential reference for any undergraduate or postgraduate degree programme in physical education or sports coaching, and any teacher training course with a physical education element.

part I|27 pages

Designing and conducting physical education research

part II|93 pages

Curriculum theory and development

chapter 3|15 pages

Designing effective programs

Creating curriculum to enhance student learning

chapter 8|15 pages

Globalized curriculum

Scaling sport pedagogy themes for research

part V|92 pages

Transformative pedagogies in physical education

chapter 18|14 pages

Transformative pedagogies and physical education

Exploring the possibilities for personal change and social change

chapter 23|13 pages

Shifting stories of size

Critical obesity scholarship as transformative pedagogy for disrupting weight-based oppression in physical education

part VIII|80 pages

The role of student and teacher cognition in student learning

part IX|81 pages

Achievement motivation