Irish primary school teachers' experiences with Sport Education

Irish Educational Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-222

  Kinchin, Gary D ^a   MacPhail, Ann ^b   Chróinín, Déirdre Ní ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

physical education; primary education; Sport Education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862593528     PISSN: 03323315     EISSN: 17474965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2011.649403     Document Type: Article

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