University Press of America
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978-0-7618-6117-1 • Hardback • September 2013 • $102.00 • (£78.00)
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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.
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Understanding of Physical Education and Sport in Society
Chapter 1 Understanding of Physical Education and Sport in Society
Part 2: Promotion of Physical Education Through Regional Organizations and Associations
Africa
Chapter 2 Perspectives on Physical Education and After-School Sports in Ghana
Chapter 3 Education, Physical Education, and After-School Sports Programs in Kenya
Chapter 4 Physical Education in South Africa: Historical Perspectives and Research Studies in Eastern Cape and Gauteng Provinces
Chapter 5 Public Policy in Physical Education and Sports in Nigeria
Asia
Chapter 6 Development and Promotion of Physical Education and Sport in China
Chapter 7 Physical Education and After-School Programs in Modern India—Policies, Polity, and Contemporary Developments
Chapter 8 Current Issues in Physical Education and Korean National Standards for Physical Education
Chapter 9 The Role of Physical Education in Taiwan
Europe
Chapter 10 Historical and Current Trends in the K-12 Education, Physical Education, and After-School Sports Programs: the Hungarian Perspective
South America
Chapter 11 Physical Education and After-School Sports Programs: Brazilian Experiences and Tendencies for the 21st Century
Chapter 12 Physical Education and After-School Sport Programs in Chile: The Role of Public and Private Structures
North America
Chapter 13 The Ever-Changing Nature of Physical Education in the United States
Oceana
Chapter 14 Physical Education and the After-School Sports Program in Australian Schools: Barriers and Challenges for the 21st Century
Part 3: Global Physical Education and National Sports
Chapter 15 Comparative Perspectives and a Way Forward in Physical Education and Sport
Subject Index
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