Girls, Gender and Physical Education: An Activist Approach

by David Kirk and Kimberly L. Oliver

Book Overview

In this powerfully argued and progressive study, Kimberly Oliver and David Kirk call for a radical reconstruction of the teaching of physical education for girls. Despite forty years of theorization and practical intervention, girls are still disengaging from physical education, dropping out of physical activity, and suffering negative consequences in terms of their health and well-being as a result. This book challenges the conventional narrative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138705144
• ISBN13: 9781138705142
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"