1st Edition

Quality Physical Education Global Perspectives

Edited By Walter Ho Copyright 2025
306 Pages
by Routledge

306 Pages
by Routledge

This book represents the culmination of a two-decade effort to describe, define and measure ‘quality physical education’ (QPE). Presenting in-depth research and analysis from 24 countries across five continents, it offers a truly comparative analysis that shines important new light on policy and practice in contemporary physical education. Opening with an introduction that explores the concept... Read more

Part I: Background and Initiatives 

1. Quality Physical Education: Global Perspectives

Walter Ho, Klaudia Rafael, Jennie Yang Yang Xie, and Ling Qin 

Part II: Quality Physical Education and Country Reports 

2. Quality Physical Education in Australia

Valeria Varea

3. Physical Education in Brazil: The Turning Points and Dimensional Development in Quality of Teaching

Eliana Lucia Ferreira and Maria Beatriz Rocha Ferreira

4. Quality Physical Education in the Province of Diguillín, Ñuble Region, Chile

Alixon Reyes Rodríguez

5. The Present and Future of Quality Physical Education in China

Tao Wang, Xiaolin Zhang, Qingwen Guan, Lulu Liu, and Xueting Zhang

6. Quality Physical Education in Colombia

Diana Feliciano Fuertes, Luz Amelia Hoyos Cuartas, and Carolina Guerrero Reyes

7. Global Perspectives and Local Challenges of Quality Physical Education in the Dominican Republic

Miguel Israel Bennasar-García

8. Quality Physical Education Development in Greece

Efthalia (Elia) Chatzigianni and Krinanthi Gdonteli

9. Quality Physical Education in India

Usha Sujit Nair, Kishore Gopinathan, and Sandeep Tiwari

10. Quality Physical Education and Development in Japan

Naoki Suzuki, Yutaka Sato, Seiji Hirosawa, and Yu Furuta

11. Quality Physical Education in Jordan: Challenges and Evolutions

Eid Mohammed Kanaan and Md. Dilsad Ahmed

12. Understanding and Advancement of Quality Physical Education in Madagascar

Klaudia Rafael, Walter Ho, Jennie Yang Yang Xie, Patrice Ranaivason, Harison P. Andrianarivao, Laurent Rabarivelo, and Min Liu

13. Towards Quality Physical Education in Malaysia

Selina Khoo and Thariq Khan Azizuddin Khan

14. Analysis of Quality Physical Education in Mexico

Oswaldo Ceballos Gurrola, Rosa Elena Medina Rodríguez, Oswaldo Ceballos Medina, and Ernesto Ceballos Gurrola

15. Quality Physical Education Development in New Zealand

Francisco Serrano Romero

16. Quality Physical Education in Nigeria

Franz U. Atare and Bello Odunola

17. Quality Physical Education in the Philippines: Challenges and Opportunities

Marvin Luis C. Sabado, Zyra Ruth T. Brebante, Marie Eloisa D. Ulanday, Henry C. Daut, Mila A. Gallardo, Atreju Mikhail Sam A. Gallardo, Michelle Layao, and Abdulrasid T. Lucman

18. Quality Physical Education in Puerto Rico

Luisa Velez

19. Nurturing Holistic Development through Quality Physical Education in Saudi Arabia: A Dialectical Approach Considering Gender and Cultural Diversity

Md. Dilsad Ahmed

20. Quality Physical Education in Slovakia and Its Challenges

Klaudia Rafael and Branislav Antala

21. Quality Physical Education in South Africa

Aphiwe Jadezweni and Rudolph Leon van Niekerk

22. The Development of Quality Physical Education in South Korea

Hyun-joo Cho and Su-jin Kim

23. Quality Physical Education in Spain

Antonio Campos-Izquierdo, María-Dolores González-Rivera, and María Gutiérrez-Conejo

24. A Glance at Quality Physical Education in Venezuela

Rosa López de D’Amico, Argenira Ramos, and Alixon Reyes Rodríguez

25. Quality Physical Education in Zambia

Katongo Bwalya and Mwangala Kebby Liseka 

Part III: Conclusion and Forward 

26. Quality Physical Education and the Global Perspectives: Conclusion and Future Outlook

Walter Ho, Klaudia Rafael, Selina Khoo, Usha Sujit Nair, Rosa Lopez de D’Amico, and Ling Qin

Biography

Walter Ho is Invited Research Fellow at Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan.