Sports Education

Contents: Preface. 1. Understanding sports education. 2. Researching sport education. 3. Inclusion in sport education. 4. Assessment and sport education. 5. Sport education and cross curricular learning. 6. Sport education, citizenship and leadership. 7. Sport education and lifelong learning. 8. Laying the foundation for sport education. 9. Sport education in key stage 2 games. 10. Sport education in year 8 games. 11. Sport education in gymnastics. 12. Sport education in athletics. 13. Sport education in key stage 4 swimming. 14. Sport education and outdoor and adventurous activities. 15. Sport education in teacher education. Bibliography.

"Sport Education is an approach to the teaching of physical education that emphasizes learning through sport, developing skills such as team working and leadership in pupils, as well as enhancing self-esteem and encouraging an appreciation of concepts of fair play. This new text is the first to examine how the Sport Education model can be applied by teachers in the context of the National Curriculum for physical education.

The book covers all key stages, at primary and secondary levels, as well as all areas of activity. It also relates Sport education to key contemporary issues in teaching and learning, such as assessment and inclusion, as well as offering practical guidance on how SE as an instructional model can be used to teach within each of the core areas of activity (i.e., games, swimming etc.). This will be invaluable reading for researchers and trainees in physical education." (jacket)