Beyond the Boundaries of Physical Education

This book sets out to celebrate physical education and sport and by doing so encourage the educational establishment to embrace the subject area as a vehicle for the complete development of the individual. In addition it shows that the benefits of physical activity far outweigh the shallow claims of populous magazines - there are benefits for the individual the community and for society as a whole. Laker contends that the importance of physical education and sport in many areas of social life has been overlooked at best and misused at worst. Physical activity has a vast contribution to make not only as a topic of small talk on a Monday morning but also to the personal and social development of individuals and possibly to the well-being of the global community as a whole. This book explores the land 'beyond the boundaries of the game.'