Pleasure and pain: Experiences of fitness testing

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-346

  Wrench, Alison ^a   Garrett, Robyne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fitness testing; Pedagogy; Technologies of self

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449088989     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: 17412749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X08095669     Document Type: Article

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