This work should aid teachers, NQTs and practising physical education teachers to reflect on issues important to improving teaching in physical education. The move toward school-based training in initial teacher education has meant that there is now less time to focus on considering these issues and the impact of this on teaching practice. This text is designed to redress this balance and encourages reflection and debate as an important part of professional development. Issues discussed include: aims as an issue in physical education; breadth, balance and assessment in the physical education curriculum; equality and the inclusion of pupils with special needs in physical education; progression and continuity in physical education between primary and secondary schools; community initiatives in physical education; and physical education, health and life-long participation in physical activity.

Contents:
Introduction Susan Capel and Susan Piotrowski Part I: Introduction 1.Aims as an Issue in Physical Education Margaret Whitehead Part II: Issues Concerned with Your Pupils 2.The Concept of Equal Opportunities in Physical Education, with Reference to Gender Equality Susan Piotrowski 3.Equality and the Inclusion of Pupils with Special Educational Needs in Physical Education Christopher Robertson, Carolyn Childs and Elizabeth Marsden 4.Valuing Cultural Diversity - the Challenge for Physical Education Tansin Benn Part III: Issues Concerned with Teaching and Learning 5.Approaches to Teaching Games Susan Capel 6.Assessment in Physical Education Susan Piotrowski and Susan Capel Part IV: Issues Concerned with the Curriculum 7.Breadth and Balance in the Physical Education Curriculum Andrea Lockwood 8.Physical Education and Sport Susan Capel 9.Competition and Co-operation in Physical Education Jean Leah and Susan Capel 10.Community Initiatives in Physical Education Mike Waring and Peter Warburton 11.Physical Education, Health and Life-Long Participation in Physical Activity Susan Piotrowski 12.Progression and Continuity in Physical Education Between Primary and Secondary Schools Will Katene 13.Re-reflecting on Priorities for Physical Education: Now and into the Twenty-first Century Susan Capel 14.Making Change in Physical Education Susan Capel