International concern about 'alarming'levels of childhood obesity has seen a proliferation of
interventions filtering into school physical education programmes that are designed to …

Background: Pleasure is often a key feature of school physical education (PE) and, indeed,
a lot of students find pleasure in and through PE while others do not. However, pleasure is …

Current concerns about an alleged childhood obesity crisis and children's physical (in)
activity levels have combined to justify fitness lessons as a physical education practice in …

How we go about conceptualising and articulating relationships between the body as
'matter'and its 'mattering'in and by culture, is a critical issue for educational researchers …

The current UK policy concern with children's health has led to primary school practices of
sport, exercise and active play aimed, in particular, at constructing children's bodies as …

The purpose of this study was to engage with a group of students from a diverse school
environment about how they construct value or status in their own and others' bodies in …

Physical Education (PE) in school aims to help pupils experience the joy of movement
through various forms of physical activity and to acquire a positive attitude to physical activity …

Academic underachievement of students from disadvantaged backgrounds is an ongoing
and unresolved problem. Schools serving vulnerable communities often fail to meaningfully …

Purpose: Within physical education (PE) and sport, the body is constituted by ideas and
discourses that legitimize certain forms of truth about image, health, and competence. This …

Fears of an 'obesity epidemic'in New Zealand and elsewhere have led to a growing focus on
children's weight, diet and activities. The aim of this research project was to highlight …