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Fifth Edition
By
Robert Davis, PhD, Honorary Research Fellow, Worcester College of Higher Education; Formerly Principal Lecturer in Physical Education, Madeley College
of Higher Education and Lecturer in Sport, Health and Exercise, Staffordshire University, UK
Jan Roscoe, Formerly Teacher of A-Level Physical Education and Human Biology, Widnes Sixth Form College, UK
Ros Phillips, Principal Lecturer in Physical Education, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Description
Designed specifically to meet the needs of A level courses (for all examination Boards) in U.K. Physical Education, the fifth edition
of this text is lavishly illustrated in full color throughout. It thoroughly covers the requirements of the new A level syllabus, and
also addresses the needs of AS students. A companion CD-ROM allows users to create PowerPoint presentations from the book's material.
The CD-ROM also features synoptic questions, projects, sample exam papers, and personal performance profiles.
Audience
A-level school courses in Physical Education
Contents
Part One: The Performer in Action
1. The anatomy of physical performance
2. Cardio-respiratory systems
3. Energy
for exercise
4. Training for physical performance
5. Fitness for life
6. Biomechanics: linear motion
7. The nature and application
of force
8. Rotating systems
Part Two: The Performer as a Person
9. The nature and classification of
skill
10. Information processing in perceptual-motor performance
11. Principles of learning and teaching
12. Psychology of sport
performance: individual differences and performance enhancement
13. Psychology of sport: social influences on performance and mental
preparation
Part Three: The Performer in a Social Setting
14. Important concepts in physical education and
sport
15. Physical education and sport in the United Kingdom
16. Sociological considerations of physical education and sport
17.
Some contemporary issues in physical education and sport
18. Physical education and sport on the continent of Europe with particular
reference to France
19. Physical education and sport in Commonwealth countries with particular reference to Australia
20. Physical
education and sport in the United States of America
21. Physical education and sport in communist and post -communist countries with
particular reference to the Soviet Union (Russia)
22. Historical perspectives and popular recreation
23. Athleticism in 19th century
English public schools
24. The pattern of rational recreation in 19th century Britain
25. Transitions in English elementary schools
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 656 pages, publication date: OCT-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-7234-3375-0
ISBN-10: 0-7234-3375-5
Imprint: MOSBY
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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