'In the Local Context': Singaporean Challenges to Teaching Games on Practicum

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-32

  McNeill, M C ^a   Fry, J M ^a   Wright, S C ^a,b   Tan, W K C ^a   Tan, K S S ^a   Schempp, P G ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 1842481139     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357332042000175791     Document Type: Article

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