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Webb, Louisa; Quennerstedt, Mikael – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2010
In the current climate of health surveillance, governmental measurement and control as well as a focus on individual responsibility for risk are prevalent in school contexts. Physical education is a crucial site for the production and reproduction of health messages and thus is an important location through which health and healthy bodies are…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Child Health, Physical Education Teachers, Urban Schools
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Reid, Gavin – Sport, Education and Society, 2009
Since 1999, concerns about Scotland's future health and economic performance have profoundly impacted on the new Scottish Executive. Research highlighting an obesity crisis facing young Scots has, together with the work of Scotland's Physical Activity Task Force and Physical Education Review Group, encouraged the education of all young Scots to be…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Physical Activities, Young Adults