Top-down public health curricular change: The experience of physical education teachers in the United States

Journal of In-Service Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 533-547

  Cothran, Donetta J ^a   McCaughtry, Nate ^b   Kulinna, Pamela Hodges ^c   Martin, Jeffrey ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85009382104     PISSN: 13674587     EISSN: 17475082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674580601024556     Document Type: Article

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