Physical Education and Health: Global Perspectives and Best Practice

"Physical Education and Health: Global Perspectives and Best Practice" draws together global scholars, researchers, and practitioners to provide a review and analysis of new directions in physical education and health worldwide. The book provides descriptive information from 40 countries regarding contemporary practices, models, and challenges facing the physical education and health profession globally. This exchange will offer a basis to inform and improve current practices throughout the world. Following a Foreword by Gudrun Doll-Tepper, a Foreword by Tae Won Jun, a Foreword by Thomas Root, a Preface, and Acknowledgments, the following chapters are included: (1) Physical Education and Health: Practices Around the World (Ming-Kai Chin and Christopher Edginton); (2) Physical Education in Sport-Obsessed Australia: Implementing Dimensions of Public Health and Sustainable Development (Steve Georgakis and Rachel Wilson); (3) Targeting Quality in Physical Education in Austria (Maria Dinold, Rosa Diketmüller, and Nadine Zillmann); (4) Physical Education Stimulating a Healthy Lifestyle and Critical Sports Consumption in Belgium (Kristine De Martelaer, Jan Seghers, Greet Cardon, Leen Haerens, Eric De Boever, and Marc Cloes); (5) Current State of Physical Education Practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dobromir Bonacin and Danijela Bonacin); (6) Physical Education in Brazil: Trends and Practical Intervention (Ricardo Uvinha and Marília Velardi); (7) Physical Education Practices in Bulgaria With a Focus on Young People's Health (Boyanka Peneva and Veselina Ivanova); (8) The Relevance of Physical Literacy in the Development of Physical Education Curriculum and Pedagogy in Canada (James Mandigo and Anna Lathrop); (9) Health-Oriented Physical Education Reform in China: Challenges, Changes, and Consequences (Bingshu Zhong and Jinxia Dong); (10) Trends and Future Visions of Physical Education: Croatian Challenges (Dario Novak, Vilko Petric, Danijel Jurakic, and Marija Rakovac); (11) The Need to Implement Contemporary Approaches to Physical Education for Health Promotion in Cyprus (Paraskevas Samaras, Spyros Spyrou, Andreas Nicolaou, Stelios Adamou, and Anastasia Samara); (12) Physical, Sports, and Health Education Against the Sedentary Lifestyles and Obesity in Czech Young People (Antonin Rychtecký); (13) Embracing Change and Increasing Physical Activity in Finnish Schools (Pilvikki Heikinaro-Johansson, Sanna Palomäki, and Eileen McEvoy); (14) Necessity of a Global Approach for the Interactions Between Physical Education and Health: The French Model (Anne Vuillemin, Gilles Petitdemange, Julien Tixier, and Yanis Zerbato); (15) Physical and Health Education in Germany: From School Sports to Local Networks for Healthy Children in Sound Communities (Roland Naul, Dennis Dreiskämper, and Dirk Hoffmann); (16) Daily Physical Education From the Beginning to the Modern School System in Hungary (Miklos Bánhidi and Pal Hamar); (17) Physical Education in Iraq: Religious Challenges and Ambitions (Nadhim Al-Wattar); (18) "Moving Body": The Impact of "Simplexity" and "Educational Corporeality" in Italy (Maurizio Sibilio, Paola Aiello, Nadia Carlomagno, Francesca D'Elia, and Stefano Di Tore); (19) New Policy of School Physical Education and Sport in Japan (Hidenori Tomozoe, Mitsuru Higuchi, and Akemi Umegaki); (20) Physical Education and Health in Jordanian Schools: Striving for a Healthy Nation (Eid Kanan); (21) Shaping the Future of Physical Education in Kenya: A Reflection on Priorities (Andanje Mwisukha, Elijah Rintaugu, Janet Kamenju, and Peter Mwangi); (22) Innovative Concepts in Physical Education in Luxembourg (Claude Scheuer); (23) Physical Education in Malaysia: Fusion of Public and Private Efforts (Eng-Hoe Wee); (24) Physical Education in Mexico: Experiences and Trends Related to Physical Activity and Health (Juan López-Taylor, Edtna Jáuregui-Ulloa, and Martín González-Villalobos); (25) Physical Education on the Move in the Netherlands (Jan Rijpstra, Sanne de Vries, Jantine Slinger, and Monique L'Hoir); (26) Mandate and Liberate: Physical Education and Health in Aotearoa/New Zealand (Ian Culpan and Judy Bruce); (27) Evolution of Best Practices in the Delivery of Quality Physical Education Programs in Nigeria (Grace Otinwa, Emmanuel Adedun, Idou Keinde, and Macpherson Ogunsemore); (28) Where Is Physical and Health Education Heading in Poland? (Michal Bronikowski); (29) Contemporary Trends in Health Promotion Through Physical Education: A Romanian Model (Luminita Georgescu and Emilia Grosu); (30) New Technologies and Approaches in the Function of Health and Physical Education in Serbia (Julijan Malacko and Veroljub Stankovic); (31) The Physical Education Story: A Journey of Transformations in Singapore (Govindasamy Balasekaran, Nidhi Gupta, Visvasuresh Govindaswamy, Kia Wang Phua, and Ahmad Zohri); (32) Health-Oriented School Physical Education in Slovakia: Desire or Reality? (Branislav Antala and Beáta Dobay); (33) Physical Education in South Africa: A New Imperative for a New Nation (Brandon Shaw, Ina Shaw, and Hans de Ridder); (34) Current Spanish Policies Aimed to Increase Youth Enrollment in Physical Activity for Health in School Settings (Miguel Valeiro, Belén Reboredo, Manuel García, and Elvis Carnero); (35) Changing Perspectives on Physical Education in Sweden: Implementing Dimensions of Public Health and Sustainable Development (Peter Schantz and Suzanne Lundvall); (36) Physical Education and Health in Switzerland: A Strategy for the Development of Physical Education and Sports in School (Rose-Marie Repond); (37) Physical Education in Turkey in the Context of Society With the Culture of Movement (Giyasettin Demirhan and Fatma Sacli); (38) Physical Education Practices in Ukraine: Transition From the Past to the Future (Oleksandr Krasilshchikov, Tatyana Krutsevich, Galyna Smolius, and Olena Davydenko); (39) Transforming Physical Education From an English Perspective (Len Almond); (40) Physical Education Practices in the United States: Past, Present, and Future (Kim Graber, John Mercer, Thomas Templin, and Bonnie Blankenship); and (41) Physical Education and Health in the Venezuelan Social Transformation Context (Rosa López de D'Amico, Argenira Ramos, and Gladys Guerrero). The following are appended: (1) Endorsing Organizations; and (2) GoFPEP Consensus Statement. An Index is included.