This book provides detailed examples of how critical inquiry and problem-solving can be used in the teaching of physical education for different age groups and in a range of different contexts.

Part I: Locating critical inquiry and problem-solving in physical education 1. Critical inquiry and problem-solving in physical education Jan Wright 2. Understanding learning in physical education Doune Macdonald Part II: Critical inquiry and problem-soving in the middle years of schooling 3. Using the tactical games model to develop problem-solvers in physical education Linda L Griffin and Deborah A Sheehy 4. PlaySMART: developing thinking and problem-solving skills in the context of the national curriculum for physical education in England Tom Bell and Dawn Penney 5. Problem-solving in teaching sports Peter Hastie 6. Student-centred research: working with disabled students Hayley Fitzgerald and Anne Jobling 7. Movement, art and culture: problem-solving and critical inquiry in dance Michael Gard 8. Understanding and investigating cultural perspectives in physical education Lisette Burrows 9. Rich tasks, rich learning? Working with integration from a physical education perspective Doune Macdonald 10. Negotiating the curriculum: challenging the social relationships in teaching Trish Glasby and Doune Macdonald Part III: Critical inquiry and problem-solving in the senior years of schooling 11. Reflective practices in teaching and coaching: using reflective journals to enhance performance 12. Biomechanical analyses in physical education Ross H Sanders 13. Desperately seeking certainty: statistics, physical activity and critical inquiry Michael Gard 14. Analysing sportsmedia texts: developing resistant reading positions Jan Wright Part IV: The challenges of critical inquiry in physical education 15. New practices, new subjects and critical inquiry: possibility and progress David Kirk Index