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Introduction to Physical Education, Exercise Science, and Sport
Studies, 11e, provides an exciting opportunity for students to
discover the diversity of physical education, exercise science, and
sport and the wealth of careers available in these fields. Students
are introduced to the heritage, current programs, and future career
potential in these fields. Practical suggestions, including how to
create resumes, help students to prepare for careers in physical
education, exercise science in diverse settings. Written in a
conversational and personal style, the book is designed for
students enrolled in their first course related to the field.
Instructors and students can now access their course content
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McGraw-Hill Connect (R) is a subscription-based learning service
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this option if your instructor will require Connect to be used in
the course. Your subscription to Connect includes the following:
SmartBook (R) - an adaptive digital version of the course textbook
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show how you are performing on your assignments and tips for
improvement. The option to purchase (for a small fee) a print
version of the book. This binder-ready, loose-leaf version includes
free shipping.
The descriptions and examples of unethical behaviors in sport in
this book will challenge readers to rethink how they view sport and
question whether participating in sport builds character-especially
at the youth and amateur levels. Sport potentially can teach
character as well as social and moral values, but only when these
positive concepts are consistently taught, modeled, and reinforced
by sport leaders with the moral courage to do so. The seeming moral
crisis threatening amateur and youth sport-evidenced by athletes,
coaches, and parents alike making poor ethical choices-and ongoing
scandals regarding performance-enhancing drug use by professional
athletes make sports ethics a topic of great concern. This work
enables readers to better understand the ethical challenges facing
competitive sport by addressing issues such as gamesmanship,
doping, cheating, sportsmanship, fair play, and respect for the
game. A compelling read for coaches, sport administrators, players,
parents, and sport fans, the book examines specific examples of
unethical behaviors-many cases of which occur in amateur and
educational sports-to illustrate how these incidents threaten the
perception that sport builds character. It identifies and
investigates the multiple reasons for cheating in sport, such as
the fact that the rewards for succeeding are so high, and the
feeling of athletes that they must behave as they do to "level the
playing field" because everyone else is cheating, being violent,
taking performance-enhancing drugs, or doing whatever it takes to
win. Readers will gain insight into how coaches and sport
administrators can achieve the goals for youth, interscholastic,
intercollegiate, and Olympic sport by stressing moral values and
character development as well as see how specific recommendations
can help ensure that sport can serve to build character rather than
teach bad behavior in the pursuit of victory. Describes and
analyzes key ethical issues, such as cheating, fair play, violence,
discriminatory actions, and the use of performance-enhancing drugs,
in a single volume Identifies how ethical problems in sport affect
sport in the United States and internationally but also
significantly impact society overall Examines significant events
and influential individuals to provide a historical and
sociological context for understanding how and why individuals
behave unethically in sport Provides a wealth of information and
resources that describe how poor behaviors of athletes, coaches,
and parents in sport can be changed through educational
interventions and a reemphasis on values like integrity
This comprehensive guide, covering the entire spectrum of tennis
subjects, lists and evaluates more than 950 English-language books
and over 150 tennis films and videotapes. Among the subjects
treated are rules and techniques of play; histories of the game;
biographies and autobiographies of champion players; psychological
approaches to improving one's game; advice on matters of fitness,
physicial conditioning, and rehabilitation of tennis-related
injuries; the construction and maintenance of tennis courts; tennis
in schools and recreational settings; the administration of
tournaments; tennis equipment; the traveling tennis player; tennis
humor; and tennis films and videotapes.
This accessible introductory text explores the history,
philosophies, and principles of today's physical education programs
within a practical, career-oriented framework. The text explores
the wide variety of career opportunities available, and includes a
greater focus on non-teaching related careers in physical education
and sport. The Online Learning Center now includes free access to
"PowerWeb"--a password-protected website with current articles,
weekly updates with assessment, timely world news, refereed Web
links, interactive exercises, and much more.
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