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  • Social Theory and Health Education

    Forging New Insights in Research

    Edited by Deana Leahy, Katie Fitzpatrick, Jan Wright ...
    Series series Critical Studies in Health and Education
    Social Theory and Health Education brings together health education scholarship with a diverse range of social theories to demonstrate the value and impact of their application to associated health and education contexts.For the first time, this book draws together cutting-edge research that demonstrates the productive and impactful ways social theory can be applied to the diversity of research in ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Responsibility and Responsibilisation in Education

    Edited by Christine Halse, Catherine Hartung, Jan Wright ...
    Concerns with the nature of and relationship between responsibility and responsibilisation pervade contemporary social, political and moral life. This book turns the analytical lens on the ways in which responsibility and responsibilisation operate in diverse educational settings and relationships, and social, policy and geographical contexts in the USA, Europe, the UK, New Zealand and Australia. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Critical Inquiry and Problem Solving in Physical Education

    Working with Students in Schools

    Edited by Lisette Burrows, Doune Macdonald, Jan Wright ...
    Critical inquiry, critical thinking and problem-solving are key concepts in contemporary physical education. But how do physical educators actually do critical inquiry and critical thinking?Critical Inquiry and Problem-Solving in Physical Education explains the principles and assumptions underpinning these concepts and provides detailed examples of how they can be used in the teaching of physical ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • The Impact of New Health Imperatives on Educational Policy and Schooling

    Edited by Jan Wright, Valerie Harwood ...
    Series series Woodhead Fibre Series
    Currently a great deal of public discourse around health is on the assumed relationship between childhood inactivity, young people’s diets, and a putative steep rise in obesity. Children and young people are increasingly being identified as a population at ‘risk’ in relation to these health concerns. Such concerns are driving what might be described as new ‘health imperatives’ which prescribe the ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Language Education in the School Curriculum

    Issues of Access and Equity

    by Professor Ken Cruickshank, Dr Stephen Black, Dr Honglin Chen, Dr Linda Tsung, Professor Jan Wright ...
    There is widespread concern in all English speaking countries at the rapid decline in study of languages. The promise of 'languages for all' in the UK and North America in the 1970s marked a shift from languages as élite subjects for the privileged few, but this promise has not been fulfilled. This book explores the reasons for and solutions to this decline. More importantly, it looks at how these ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • Expose

    by Jan Wright ...
    This book is not meant to be used as a handbook on careers in Escorting, so deletes most of the ‘gory’ details and deals mainly with only the lighter moments. Should you find yourself in the position of considering venturing into a new career, consider carefully before you choose prostitution. This is also called ‘in the trade’ various names such as escorting, with the ladies’ being known as call ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The African American Experience

    Psychoanalytic Perspectives

    by Jan Wright, Shawn Blue, David Campbell, Christin Drake, Forrest Hamer, Dorothy Holmes, Carlotta Miles, LaShawnDa Pittman, Dionne Powell, Cheryl Thompson, Clarence Watson0, Glenda Wrenn1, Samuel Wyche2, Salman Akhtar3, Jennifer Bonovitz5, Kimberlyn Leary6 ...
    The African American Experience: Psychoanalytic Perspectives edited by Salman Akhtar brings together the contributions of distinguished mental health professionals and scholars of humanities to offer a multifaceted perspective on the transgenerational trauma of slavery, the hardship of single parent families, the ruthlessness of anti-black racism, and the crushing burden of poverty and social ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • School Health Education in Changing Times

    Curriculum, pedagogies and partnerships

    by Deana Leahy, Lisette Burrows, Louise McCuaig, Jan Wright, Dawn Penney ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Education
    This book explores the complex nexus of discourses, principles and practices within which educators mobilise school-based health education. Through an interrogation of the ideas informing particular models and approaches to health education, the authors provide critical insights into the principles and practices underpinning approaches to health education policy, curriculum, pedagogy and ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Body Knowledge and Control

    Studies in the Sociology of Physical Education and Health

    Edited by John Evans, Brian Davies, Jan Wright ...
    Today's society is obsessed with the body, its size, shape and healthiness. Governments, business and the popular media, spend and earn fortunes encouraging populations to get healthy, eat properly, exercise daily and get thin. But how are current social trends and attitudes towards the body reflected in the curriculum of schools, in the teaching of Physical Education and Health? How do teachers ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • The Obesity Epidemic

    Science, Morality and Ideology

    by Michael Gard, Jan Wright ...
    Increasing obesity levels are currently big news but do we think carefully enough about what this trend actually means? Everybody – including doctors, parents, teachers, sports clubs, businesses and governments – has a role to play in the ‘war on obesity’. But is talk of an obesity ‘crisis’ justified? Is it the product of measured scientific reasoning or age-old ‘habits of mind’? Why is it ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Biopolitics and the 'Obesity Epidemic'

    Governing Bodies

    Edited by Jan Wright, Valerie Harwood ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare
    Biopolitics and the ‘Obesity Epidemic’ is the first edited collection of critical perspectives on the 'obesity epidemic.' The volume provides a comprehensive discussion of current issues in the critical analysis of health, obesity and society, and the impact of obesity discourses on different individuals, social groups and institutions. Contributors from the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Young People, Physical Activity and the Everyday

    Edited by Jan Wright, Doune Macdonald ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport
    Despite society’s current preoccupation with interrelated issues such as obesity, increasingly sedentary lifestyles and children’s health, there has until now been little published research that directly addresses the place and meaning of physical activity in young people’s lives. In this important new collection, leading international scholars address that deficit by exploring the differences in ... Read more

    $77.99 USD