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.

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.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1: Understanding of Physical Education and Sport in SocietyChapter 1 Understanding of Physical Education and Sport in SocietyPart 2: Promotion of Physical Education Through Regional Organizations and AssociationsAfricaChapter 2 Perspectives on Physical Education and After-School Sports in GhanaChapter 3 Education, Physical Education, and After-School Sports Programs in KenyaChapter 4 Physical Education in South Africa: Historical Perspectives and Research Studies in Eastern Cape and Gauteng ProvincesChapter 5 Public Policy in Physical Education and Sports in NigeriaAsiaChapter 6 Development and Promotion of Physical Education and Sport in ChinaChapter 7 Physical Education and After-School Programs in Modern India—Policies, Polity, and Contemporary DevelopmentsChapter 8 Current Issues in Physical Education and Korean National Standards for Physical EducationChapter 9 The Role of Physical Education in TaiwanEuropeChapter 10 Historical and Current Trends in the K-12 Education, Physical Education, and After-School Sports Programs: the Hungarian PerspectiveSouth AmericaChapter 11 Physical Education and After-School Sports Programs: Brazilian Experiences and Tendencies for the 21st CenturyChapter 12 Physical Education and After-School Sport Programs in Chile: The Role of Public and Private StructuresNorth AmericaChapter 13 The Ever-Changing Nature of Physical Education in the United StatesOceana Chapter 14 Physical Education and the After-School Sports Program in Australian Schools: Barriers and Challenges for the 21st CenturyPart 3: Global Physical Education and National SportsChapter 15 Comparative Perspectives and a Way Forward in Physical Education and SportSubject Index