Physical education and moral development: An intervention programme to promote moral reasoning through physical education in high school students

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-56

  Mouratidou, Katerina ^a,b   Goutza, Stavroula ^a   Chatzopoulos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TEFAA Serron   (Greece)

Author keywords

Moral development; Perceived motivational climate; Physical education; Reciprocal teaching style

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548698922     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: 17412749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X07072675     Document Type: Article

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