1st Edition
Reconceptualizing Physical Education A Curriculum Framework for Physical Literacy
Section I: Physical Education, Physical Literacy, and the Need for a Reconceptualization
1. Physical Education in Transition
2. Perspectives on the Physical Education Curriculum
3. Operationalizing Physical Literacy
4. Physical Literacy and the Marginalized Physical Education
5. Conceptualizing the Transformative Curriculum
Section II: A Transformative Curriculum Framework
6. Starting the Physical Literacy Journey: The Elementary Curriculum (Part 1)
7. Accelerating the Physical Literacy Journey: The Elementary Curriculum (Part 2)
8. Sustaining the Physical Literacy Journey: The Secondary Curriculum (Part 1)
9: Autopiloting the Physical Literacy Journey: The Secondary Curriculum (Part 2)
10. Learning Assessment
11. Supporting Research Evidence
12. The Future is Now
Biography
Ang Chen is professor of kinesiology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, United States. His research focuses on children’s and adolescents’ learning, motivation, physical activity behavior in K–12 school physical education, and beyond. His expertise also includes physical literacy, physical skill assessment, program evaluation, and research methods.
"A masterful blend of philosophy, science, and professional practice that moves the complex concept of physical literacy into curriculum design for school physical education."
--Collin A. Webster, Ph.D., Professor of Physical Education, University of South Carolina
