Physical education and sport: sociological and cultural perspectives
Subtitle: an introductory reader
By: edited by J. A. Mangan.
Publisher: Blackwell; Blackwell Publishers
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Physical education and training.; Sports -- Social aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Saunders, E. D. Sociological orientation to the study of physical education.; title: Mason, M. G. The work of the sociologist in physical education.; title: Mangan, J. A. Some sociological concomitants of secondary school physical education.; title: Start, K. B. Substitution of games performance for academic achievement as a means of achieving status among secondary school children.; title: Ventre, A. G. L. The place of sociometry in physical education and an investigation into the specificity of choice criterion.; title: Cowell, C. C. The contributions of physical activity to social development.; title: Mangam, J. A. Physical education as a ritual process.; title: Daniels, A. S. The study of sport as an element of the culture.; title: Seagoe, M. V. Children's play as an indicator of cross-cultural and intra-cultural differences.; title: Tusquets, J. The political significance of British and Spanish national games.; title: Harper, P. Dance and movement in physical education in Africa.; title: Arnold, P. J. The cybocultural society and physical education.; title: Maheu, R. Sport and culture.; title: Wolffe, J. B. Prevention of disease through exercise and health education.; title: Palmer, M. Heart gymnasium.; title: Mateeff, D. Morphological and physiological factors of ageing and longevity.; title: Comer, G. Relationships between sport and mental health.; title: Magnan J. A. Physical education in school for the post-school years.; title: Neil, C. A new approach to physical education.