Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy Workforce Research and Development: International Perspectives (Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport)

This is the first book to examine physical education from the perspective of workforce research and development.It adopts a whole system approach-including schools, higher education and public policy-to advance an action-oriented framework for meeting the needs, challenges and opportunities of the global physical education profession. Presenting a new framework for research and continuous improvement, this book focuses on the physical education workforce, and the workforce system, as a key social determinant of new program design and implementation, and therefore of better outcomes for children and young people.Including the voices of higher education faculty, in-service physical education practitioners and professional association leaders, this book explains how specialized workforce components such as teacher education, school programs, doctoral programs and public policy are inter-related, and takes a close look at how a workforce R&D approach can shine new light on physical educati