Critical Research in Sport, Health and Physical Education by Richard Pringle

Critical Research in Sport, Health and Physical Education by Richard Pringle

This book considers how positive social change can be brought about through sport, focusing on understanding the impact of critical research on issues of social justice. It examines how the use of different social theories impacts sport policies, national curricula, health promotion activities, HPE teaching, and sport training and competition.

Richard Pringle is Professor of Sport and Physical Education at Monash University, Australia, and is on the editorial boards of the International Review for the Sociology of Sport and Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education. He is a critical qualitative researcher who examines diverse socio-cultural and pedagogical issues associated with sport, exercise, health, physical education, bodies and gender relations.

Håkan Larsson is Professor of Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy at The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Sweden, where he heads the research group for physical education and sport pedagogy. His main interests concern sport, gender and sexuality, and teaching and learning in physical education. In 2015 he held the honorary scholar lecture at the British Educational Research Association’s Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy Invisible College.

Göran Gerdin is Senior Lecturer of Physical Education and Sport at Linnaeus University, Sweden, and is on the editorial board of the journal Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education. His research focuses on how issues of gender, bodies, spaces and (dis)pleasures shape students’ participation, enjoyment and identities in school health and physical education.

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ISBN 13	9781138571679
ISBN 10	1138571679
Title	Critical Research in Sport, Health and Physical Education
Author	Richard Pringle
Series	Routledge Research In Sport Culture And Society
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2018-11-01
Number of pages	270
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