Handbook of Physical Education

`This is simply the physical education book of its time. The editors must be congratulated on bringing together so many quality authors from so many different parts of the world. As a handbook, it represents how far the study of physical education has moved forward in recent times. What we have is a clear portrayal of physical education at the start of the 21st century' - Mike Jess, University of Edinburgh

Book News "Inclusive and international in scope, the volume collects essays by contributors from around the world who work in education, dance, kinesiology, physical education and related fields."

Doune Macdonald is a professor and Head of the School of Human Movement Studies.

Doune completed her undergraduate degree in Human Movement Studies at The University of Queensland before teaching health and physical education in primary and secondary schools. Professor Macdonald returned to UQ for her honours degree, obtained her PhD through Deakin University and rejoined the School in 1990. In 1998 she won an Australian Award for University Teaching. Professor Macdonald serves on the editorial boards of Teaching Education, Sport, Education and Society, and is Vice-President of AIESEP.

Research interests

The past decade has brought a number of changes to the field of health and physical education in the school and tertiary sector. Professor Macdonald's research interests have attempted to understand these shifts through the lens of professional socialisation, discourse analysis and identity construction using predominantly qualitative methods. In particular, much of her work has addressed the challenges of curriculum reform and its impact upon teachers and teaching.

More recently Professor Macdonald's interests have moved outside the formal education sphere to broader questions of physical activity and young people with two funded projects looking at at-risk young people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Currently the Australian Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council, Queensland Health and the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs fund some of her research projects. Professor Mary O'Sullivan joined the PESS department in 2005 and is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences. Prior to joining the PESS department, Mary was an Associate Dean for the College of Education at Ohio State University. Since joining the University of Limerick, Professor O'Sullivan has founded the Physical Education, Physical Activity and Youth Sport (PEPAYS) Research Centre at the University of Limerick which has a growing group of postgraduate students and researchers conducting research related to physical education, youth sport, and physical activity. Mary graduated from the University of Limerick (then Thomond College of Education) with a BA in 1976, and subsequently was awarded a Master of Arts degree from the University of Victoria, Canada in 1980 and a PhD from Ohio State University in 1983.

Professor Mary O'Sullivan joined the PESS department in 2005 and is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences. Prior to joining the PESS department, Mary was an Associate Dean for the College of Education at Ohio State University. Since joining the University of Limerick, Professor O'Sullivan has founded the Physical Education, Physical Activity and Youth Sport (PEPAYS) Research Centre at the University of Limerick which has a growing group of postgraduate students and researchers conducting research related to physical education, youth sport, and physical activity. Mar...

PART ONE: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH The Philosophy, Science and Application of Behaviour Analysis in Physical Education - Phillip Ward Interpretive Perspectives in Physical Education Research - Clive Pope Socially Critical Research Perspectives in Physical Education - Jose Devis-Devis Physical Education Research from Postmodern, Poststructural and Postcolonial Perspectives - Jan Wright Feminist Strands, Perspectives and Methodology for Research in Physical Education - Lynda M. Nilges PART TWO: CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO RESEARCH ON PHYSICAL EDUCATION Philosophy and Physical Education - William J. Morgan The Sociology of Physical Education - John Evans and Brian Davies History of Physical Education - Murray G. Phillips and Alexander Paul Roper Social Psychology and Physical Education - Cathy Lirgg Public Health and Physical Education - Stewart G. Trost PART THREE: LEARNERS AND LEARNING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION Time and Learning in Physical Education - Hans van der Mars The Classroom Ecology Paradigm - Peter A. Hastie and Daryl Siedentop Learner Cognition - Melinda Solmon Constructivist Perspectives on Learning - Inez Rovegno and John P. Dolly Situated Perspectives on Learning - Inez Rovegno Learners and Popular Culture - Rachel Sandford and Emma Rich Development and Learning of Motor Skill Competencies - Natalie Wallian and Ching Wei Chang Assessment for Learning in Physical Education - Peter J. Hay Students' Perspectives of Physical Education - Ben Dyson Student Learning within the Didactique Tradition - Chantal Amade-Escot PART FOUR: TEACHERS, TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION Theoretical Orientations in Physical Education Teacher Education - Richard Tinning Models and Curricula of Physical Education Teacher Education - Connie Collier Learning to Teach in the Field - Daniel Behets and Lieven Vergauwen Induction of Beginning Physical Educators into the School Setting - Sandra A. Stroot and Bomna Ko Teaching Styles and Inclusive Pedagogies - Mark Byra The Way to a Teacher's Heart - Kathleen M. Armour Narrative Research in Physical Education Teachers' Beliefs - Niki Tsangaridou Teachers' Knowledge - Niki Tsangaridou Coaching and Coach Education - Pierre Trudel and Wade Gilbert Physical Education Teacher Education (PE/TE) Policy - Patt Dodds PART FIVE: PHYSICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM Curriculum Construction and Change - Dawn Penney Research into Elementary Physical Education Programs - Lisa Hunter Sport Education - Gary D. Kinchin A View of the Research Social and Individual Responsibility Programs - Don Hellison and Tom Martinek Game-centred Approaches to Teaching Physical Education - Judy Oslin and Stephen Mitchell Physical Education and Youth Sport - Kristine de Martelaer and Marc Theeboom Health-related Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents - Gregory J. Welk, Joey C. Eisenmann and James Dollman A Bio-Behavioural Perspective Adventure Education and Physical Education - Mike Brown Teaching Dance in the Curriculum - Ralph Buck PART SIX: DIFFERENCE AND DIVERSITY IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION Sexuality and Physical Education - Gill Clarke Race and Ethnicity in Physical Education - Louis Harrison Jr. and Don Belcher Disability and Physical Education - Hayley Fitzgerald Girls and Physical Education - Anne Flintoff and Shiela Scraton More Art than Science? Boys, Masculinities and Physical Education Research - Michael Gard Social Class and Physical Education - John Evans and Brian Davies