Constructing health and physical education curriculum for indigenous girls in a remote Australian community

Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 215-230

  Whatman, Susan L ^a   Singh, Parlo ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bernstein; health and physical education curriculum; indigenous Australians; pedagogic discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920689876     PISSN: 17408989     EISSN: 17425786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17408989.2013.868874     Document Type: Article

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