'To participate or not to participate?' - Status and perception of physical education among Muslim Arab-Israeli secondary school pupils

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-202

  Arar, Khalid Husny ^a   Rigbi, Amihai ^b  

^a BEIT BERL COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab Israeli; Gender; Muslim; Perceptions; Physical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449567264     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573320902809088     Document Type: Article

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