Kathleen Armour is Professor and Head of the School of Sport and Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her main research interest is career-long professional learning for teachers and coaches, and its impact on young people's learning in physical education and sport.

• Introduction Section OnePedagogy in physical education and youth sport Chapter 1 What is ‘sport pedagogy’ and why study it? Kathleen ArmourChapter 2 Children learning in physical education: an historical overviewDavid KirkChapter 3 Learning theory for effective learning in practice Fiona Chambers Chapter 4 Learning about health through physical education & youth sportLorraine Cale and Jo HarrisChapter 5 Critical health pedagogy: whose body is it anyway? John Evans, Emma Rich and Brian Davies Chapter 6 Youth sport policy: an international perspectiveIain Lindsey and Ruth JeanesChapter 7 Olympism: a learning philosophy for physical education and youth sportDikaia ChatziefstathiouSection Two Children and young people:diverse learners in physical education and sportChapter 8 Youth voices in physical education & sport: what are they telling us and what do they say they need?Ann MacphailChapter 9 Understanding young people’s motivation in physical education and youth sportChris SprayChapter 10 Young people, sporting bodies, vulnerable identitiesLaura AzzaritoChapter 11 Playtime: the needs of very young learners in physical education and sportFrances Murphy and Dierdre NichroininChapter 12 Disabling experiences of physical education and youth sportHayley FitzgeraldChapter 13 Disaffected youth in physical education and youth sportRachel Sandford and Rebecca DuncombeChapter 14Physical education and youth sport: does social class still matter? Barriers to learning in physical education and youth sport: does social class still matter?Symeon DagkasChapter 15 Young people, ethnicity and pedagogyLouisa Webb Chapter 16 Gender and learning in physical education and youth sportAnne Flintoff, Chapter 17 Right to be active: ‘looked after children’ in physical education and sportKathleen Armour, Rachel Sandford and Rebecca DuncombeSection Three: Being a professional teacher or coach in physical education and youth sport Chapter 18 Effective career-long professional development for teachers and coachesKathleen Armour Chapter 19 Personalised learning: a perfect pedagogy for teachers and coaches? Kyriaki MakopoulouChapter 20 Becoming an effective secondary school physical education teacherFrank HeroldChapter 21 Becoming an effective primary school physical education teacherMike JessChapter 22Youth sport coach Julia WalshChapter 23 Learning Strategy Mark Griffiths Chapter 24 Professional learning in communities of practiceDeborah TannehillChapter 25 Models-based practice: structuring teaching and coaching to meet learners’ diverse needsToni O’Donovan

"This book provides student teachers with a great point of reference in their studies of young people in physical education and sport." - Mark Bowler, School of Physical Education & Sports Science, University of Bedfordshire"A beautifully constructed text with an engaging and eclectic series of chapters- a 'must read' for any student of pedagogy." - Dr Costas Karageorghis, School of Sport and Education, Brunel University"The subject matter is well organised with many current issues usefully elaborated in succint chapters. The text is immediately appealing in its cross-section of topic matter and in the quality of the writing/writers ... useful for those students (in PE/Sport) who want to get acquainted with the topic matter and who then wish to move on to the fuller detail via the well referenced sections at the close of each chapter. So from the point of view of both promoting key ideas and the pursuit of these through research literature, the text is ideal." - Robert Brewer, of Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh