Books in the Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport series

How do children and young people experience and understand sport and physical activity? What value do they attach to physical education and physical literacy? This book demonstrates how we can better understand the perspectives of young people, and how teachers and coaches can respond to and engage with the voices of young people.

In the past two decades, complexity thinking has emerged as an important theoretical response to the limitations of orthodox ways of understanding educational phenomena. Written by a team of leading international physical education scholars, this book highlights how the considerable theoretical promise of complexity can be reflected in the actual policies, pedagogies and practices of physical education. It encourages teachers, educators and researchers to embrace notions of learning that are more organic and emergent, to allow the inherent complexity of pedagogical work in PE to be examined more broadly and inclusively. In doing so, Complexity Thinking in Physical Education makes a major contribution to our understanding of pedagogy, curriculum design and development, human movement and educational practice.

This groundbreaking book is the first to mark a "visual turn" in understanding and researching physical culture and pedagogies, offering innovative, image-based research that reveals key issues in the domains of sport, health, and physical education studies.The book demonstrates how the visual creates dynamic pedagogical tools for revealing playful forms of embodiment, and offers the reader a range of visual methods that will enhance their own study of physical culture. Since human movement is increasingly created, established, and pedagogized beyond traditional educational sites such as schools and sport clubs, the book also explores the notion of visual pedagogy in wider physical culture, helping the reader to understand how visual-based technologies are central to people¿s engagement with physical culture today. Pedagogies, Physical Culture and Visual Methods is important reading for all advanced students and researchers with an interest in human movement, physical education, physical culture, sport studies, and research methods in education.

Considers the relationship between sport and disability. This book covers such topics as researching disability and youth sport, and inclusion policy towards physical education and youth sport constructions of disability through youth sport. It is suitable for students interested in youth sport, disability studies, and sport policy.

In the past two decades, complexity thinking has emerged as an important theoretical response to the limitations of orthodox ways of understanding educational phenomena. Written by a team of leading international physical education scholars, this book highlights how the considerable theoretical promise of complexity can be reflected in the actual policies, pedagogies and practices of physical education. It encourages teachers, educators and researchers to embrace notions of learning that are more organic and emergent, to allow the inherent complexity of pedagogical work in PE to be examined more broadly and inclusively. In doing so, Complexity Thinking in Physical Education makes a major contribution to our understanding of pedagogy, curriculum design and development, human movement and educational practice.

Cooperative Learning is a dynamic instructional model that can teach diverse content to students at different grade levels, with students working together in small, structured, heterogeneous groups to master subject content. This book defines Cooperative Learning in physical education and examines how to implement Cooperative Learning in a variety of educational settings. As the only text to provide international perspectives of Cooperative Learning in physical education, this book is important reading for any student, researcher or teacher with an interest in physical education, sport education, sport pedagogy, curriculum development or methods for learning and teaching.

Issues of equity remain an essential theme throughout the study and practice of physical education (PE), youth sport and health. This important new book confronts and illuminates issues of equity and difference through the innovative use of narrative method, telling stories of difference that enable students, academics and professionals alike to engage both emotionally and cognitively with the subject. With contributions from many of the world's leading equity specialists, it will be invaluable reading for all students, scholars and professionals working in PE, youth sport, health, sports development, gender studies and mainstream education programmes.

Focusing on youth sport as a touchstone sector of sport in society, this book examines the theoretical and empirical bases of arguments for the role of sport in social inclusion agendas. Authors are drawn from around the world and offer critical perspectives on assumptions underpinning the bold claims made about the power of sport. This book represents the most up-to-date and authoritative source of knowledge on inclusion and exclusion in youth sport. As such, it is essential reading for those who want to use sport to 'make a difference' in young people's lives. It is, therefore, recommended for students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners working in sports development, sports coaching, sport studies or physical education.

Contemporary Developments in Games Teaching brings together leading international researchers and practitioners in physical education and sports coaching to examine new approaches in games teaching and team sport coaching that are player/student-centred and inquiry-based. It offers interesting new commentary and research data on well-established models such as Teaching Games for Understanding (TFfU), Game Sense, Play Practice and the Games Concept Approach (GCA), as well as introducing innovative and exciting approaches emerging in East Asia, including Singapore and Japan.Representing the most up-to-date survey of new work in contemporary games teaching around the world, this book is invaluable reading for any student, researcher, in-service teacher or sports coach with an interest in games teaching or physical education.

Explores the differences in young people's experiences and meanings of physical activity as these are related to their social, cultural and geographical locations, to their abilities and their social and personal biographies. This book demonstrates the complex social constructions of physical activity in the lives of young people.

Physical Literacy across the World records the progress of the concept of physical literacy over the last decade. It examines developments, issues and controversies in physical literacy studies, and looks at how the concept has been implemented around the world.

Physical literacy is an exciting new concept that has serious consequences for the fields of health and physical education. In this, the first definitive text on the subject, expert contributors explain what physical literacy means to those working with the disabled, the aged, the young, and diverse populations, amongst others. This is essential reading for anyone studying or working in physical education, all areas of physical activity, and health.

Examining the global experiences, challenges and achievements of Muslim women participating in physical activities and sport, this book presents an overview of the research into constructs of gender, the role of religion and the importance of situation, and looks at what Islam has to say about women's participation in sport.

Across the full range of human movement studies and their many sub-disciplines, established institutional practices and forms of pedagogy are used to (re)produce valued knowledge about human movement. This book explores this pedagogy to reveal its applications and meanings within individual fields.

How do children and young people experience and understand sport and physical activity? What value do they attach to physical education and physical literacy? This book demonstrates how we can better understand the perspectives of young people, and how teachers and coaches can respond to and engage with the voices of young people.

Provides sport, exercise and medicine students and professionals with a practical guide to understanding and managing childhood and adolescent obesity. This book addresses the need for authoritative advice and innovative approaches to the prevention and management of this chronic problem.

Seeks to articulate themes which contribute to broadening and furthering discussion in the area of gender, youth sport and physical activity. This book considers themes relating to gender in sport, including: the body competence, ability and school physical education cultural change and diversity gendered spaces human rights and well-being.

Provides sport, exercise and medicine students and professionals with a practical guide to understanding and managing childhood and adolescent obesity. This book addresses the need for authoritative advice and innovative approaches to the prevention and management of this chronic problem.

Considers the relationship between sport and disability. This book covers such topics as researching disability and youth sport, and inclusion policy towards physical education and youth sport constructions of disability through youth sport. It is suitable for students who are interested in youth sport, disability studies, and sport policy.

Much writing on gender and sport is focused upon the negative impact of girls' exclusion from the arena. This title considers various themes relating to gender in sport, including: the body; competence, ability and school physical education; cultural change and diversity; gendered spaces; and, human rights and well-being.

In this important study of ethical issues in and around youth sport, leading international experts argue for the development of strong ethical codes for the conduct of youth sport, and for effective policy and pedagogical applications to ensure that the positive benefits of sport are optimized and the negative aspects diminished. Ethics in Youth Sport is focused on the application of ethical policy and pedagogies and is grounded in practice. It assumes no prior ethical training on the part of the reader and is essential reading for all students, researchers, policy makers and professionals working with children and young people in sport across school, community and professional settings.

Explains and clarifies what is meant by the concept of physical literacy, essential reading for anyone working in physical education or related coaching and health areas.

Physical Literacy across the World records the progress of the concept of physical literacy over the last decade. It examines developments, issues and controversies in physical literacy studies, and looks at how the concept has been implemented around the world.