The educational benefits claimed for physical education and school sport: An academic review

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-27

  Bailey, Richard ^a   Armour, Kathleen ^b   Kirk, David ^c   Jess, Mike ^d   Pickup, Ian ^a   Sandford, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefits; Evaluation; Physical activity; Physical education; Review; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013869173     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520701809817     Document Type: Article

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