Global Perspectives on Physical Education and After-School Sp... - 9780761865551

Global Perspectives on Physical Education and After-School Sport ProgramsAuthor(s): Jepkorir Rose Chepyator-Thomson, Shan-Hui Hsu\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of America, United States\nImprint: University Press of America\nISBN-13: 9780761865551, 978-0761865551\nSynopsis\nThis 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.