Busy doing nothing? Physical education teachers' perceptions of young people's participation in leisure-sport

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 401-420

  Green, Ken ^a,b   Smith, Andy ^b   Thurston, Miranda ^b,c  

^a Norwegian School of Sports Sciences   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Leisure sport; Participation; Physical education; Professional knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449347243     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573320903217109     Document Type: Article

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