Subject Choice in Scottish Secondary School Physical Education: Higher Grade Physical Education

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 305-326

  Macphail, Ann ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher Grade Physical Education; student voice; subject choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993726025     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X020083008     Document Type: Article

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