Tracing discourses of health and the body: Exploring pre-service primary teachers' constructions of 'healthy' bodies

Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-210

  Welch, Rosie ^a   Wright, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body; Discourse positions; Health and physical education; Healthism; Obesity discourse; Pre service primary teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960748938     PISSN: 1359866X     EISSN: 14692945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359866X.2011.588310     Document Type: Article

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