The Sociocultural Foundations of Human Movement
- ISBN-10
- 0732935512
- ISBN-13
- 9780732935511
- Category
- Exercise
- Pages
- 248
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education AU
- Author
- David Kirk
Description
Tertiary text introducing the socio-cultural dimensions of exercise, physical education, physical recreation and sport. Covers psychological, pedagogical, philosophical, sociological and historical aspects. Includes Australian and NZ examples, ideas for assessment tasks, a bibliography and an index. May be used with the companion volume, 'The Biophysical Foundations of Human Movement'. Also available in hardback. The authors teach in the department of human movement studies at the University of Qld.
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