Cover -- Issues in Physical Education -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction to the series -- Introduction -- Part I: Introduction: aims of physical education -- 1. Aims as an issue in physical education -- Part II: Issues concerned with your pupils -- 2. The concept of equal opportunities in physical education with reference to gender equality -- 3. Equality and the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs in physical education -- 4. Valuing cultural diversity: the challenge for physical education -- Part III: Issues concerned with teaching and learning -- 5. Approaches to teaching games -- 6. Formal and informal modes of assessment in physical education -- Part IV: Issues concerned with the curriculum -- 7. Breadth and balance in the physical education curriculum -- 8. Physical education and sport -- 9. Competition and co-operation in physical education -- 10. Working with the community: a necessary evil or a positive change of direction? -- 11. Physical education, health and life-long participation in physical activity -- 12. Progression and continuity in physical education between primary and secondary school -- Part V: Conclusion -- 13. Re-reflecting on priorities for physical education: now and in the twenty-first century -- 14. Making change in physical education -- Biblography -- Index.