Books in the ICSSPE Perspectives series

This book offers an overview of some of the core concerns underlying lifelong engagement in sport and physical activity, encompassing every age and phase of engagement. The book explores key models of engagement from around the world, as well as specific areas of research that will help the reader understand this important topic. Lifelong Engagement in Sport and Physical Activity is important reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students in teacher education, sport and coaching science, and for health promoters, coaches, teachers and relevant bodies and organisations in sport and education.

Sport is often perceived as being divided into two separate domains: mass participation and elite. In many countries, policy and funding in these domains are managed by separate agencies, and investment is often seen as a choice between one or the other. This book explores the points of connection and sources of tension between elite and mass participation sport, drawing on international research to examine key contemporary issues, such as whether effective talent identification requires depth of participation, or whether elite performances inspire greater participation. This is important reading for all students, researchers, policy makers or administrators working in sport development.

Sport, Education and Social Policy brings together world-leading scholars to reflect upon the state of the art in the social scientific study of sport. Addressing three core themes in sport studies ¿ equality, education and policy ¿ the book looks back over the development of sport research in recent decades and offers an insight into possible lines of enquiry in the future. It offers insight into key contemporary issues such as gender in physical education, critical race theory, physical literacy, physical activity and health, and international sport governance. It is fascinating reading for any researcher or advanced student working in sport studies, physical education or kinesiology. .

This book examines a range of processes associated with physical activity that are of relevance to those working in education, including learning, memory, attention, mood, and mental health symptoms, and draws on the latest research in exercise neuroscience. Cutting through the myths, it also looks asks what the limits of this research might be.

This book examines a range of processes associated with physical activity that are of relevance to those working in education, including learning, memory, attention, mood, and mental health symptoms, and draws on the latest research in exercise neuroscience. Cutting through the myths, it also asks what the limits of this research might be.

This book examines the challenges presented by an ageing global population, our varying expectations of healthy ageing, and the importance of exercise and physical activity for the elderly.

Evidence suggests that the first 10 years of life create a foundation for subsequent participation in recreational and health-related physical activity. In this book, researchers and practitioners with expertise in physical activity, physical education, and sport during primary/elementary schooling, explore important issues in their fields.

This is the first book to survey the participation of women in sport and physical education across Asia, from the Middle East and South Asia through to the Asia-Pacific region.

Sport is often perceived as being divided into two separate domains: mass participation and elite. In many countries, policy and funding in these domains are managed by separate agencies, and investment is often seen as a choice between one or the other. This book explores the points of connection and sources of tension between elite and mass participation sport, drawing on international research to examine key contemporary issues, such as whether effective talent identification requires depth of participation, or whether elite performances inspire greater participation. This is important reading for all students, researchers, policy makers or administrators working in sport development.

This book offers an overview of some of the core concerns underlying lifelong engagement in sport and physical activity, encompassing every age and phase of engagement. The book explores key models of engagement from around the world, as well as specific areas of research that will help the reader understand this important topic. Lifelong Engagement in Sport and Physical Activity is important reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students in teacher education, sport and coaching science, and for health promoters, coaches, teachers and relevant bodies and organisations in sport and education.