Observation of children's physical activity levels in primary school: Is the school an ideal setting for meeting government activity targets?

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-40

  Waring, Michael ^a   Warburton, Peter ^b   Coy, Martin ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Observation; Physical activity; Policy; Primary physical education teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548683934     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: 17412749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X07072672     Document Type: Article

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