Teacher engagement with teaching games for understanding - game sense in physical education

Journal of Physical Education and Sport

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 5-13

  Pill, Shane ^a  

^a Flinders University ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Game sense; Physical education; Sport; Teaching games for understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960219744     PISSN: 22478051     EISSN: 2247806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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