'Activity choice' and physical education in England and Wales

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-222

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Norwegian School of Sports Sciences   (Norway)

^c INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Activity choice; Democratisation; Informalisation; Physical education; Sport; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449379800     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573320902809096     Document Type: Article

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