Table of Contents
Preface............................................. 8
Roland Naul
Introduction...................................................................10
Roland Naul & Claude Scheuer
PART A
Historical Roots and Strands of Physical Education and School Sport Development in Europe.......................................22
Roland Naul & Claude Scheuer
PART B
Development and Research of Physical Education and School Sport in Europe.......................................37
CHAPTER ONE
Physical Education and School Sport in Croatia............................................38
Vilko Petric, Iva Blazevic, Dario Novak
CHAPTER TWO
Physical Education and School Sport in the Czech Republic.....................59
Ludmila Fialova
CHAPTER THREE
Research on Physical Education and School Sport in Finland...................90
Arja Saakslahti
CHAPTER FOUR
Germany: Home of Curricular and Extra-Curricular School Sport.......... 106
Roland Naul, Heinz Aschebrock, David Niehues, Till Utesch
CHAPTER FIVE
Physical Education and School Sport in Greece...........................................155
Manolis Adamakis, Aspasia Dania
CHAPTER SIX
Sport, Physical Activity and Physical Education in the Republic of Ireland......................... 190
Fiona C. Chambers, Thomas Vermes
CHAPTER SEVEN
Physical Education and School Sport in Italy...............................................210
Caterina Pesce, Anna Motta, Rosalba Marchetti & Mario Bellucci
CHAPTER EIGHT
Research on Physical Education and School Sport in Lithuania............ 253
Brigita Mieziene, Arunas Emeljanovas
CHAPTER NINE
Physical Education and School Sport in Luxembourg............................... 273
Claude Scheuer
CHAPTER TEN
Physical Education and School Sport in the Netherlands........................ 302
Jo Lucassen, Dorien Dijk
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Physical Education and School Sport in the Republic of North Macedonia.................................... 333
Biljana Popeska, Aleksandar Tufekcievski & Aleksandar Aceski
CHAPTER TWELVE
Physical Education and Sport Studies in Norway....................................... 361
Jorunn Spord Borgen, Kjersti Mordal Moen, Bjorg Oddrun Hallas, Knut Londal,
Egil Galaaen Gjolme
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Development of Physical Education and Sport Research in Poland...... 392
Michal Bronikowski, Dorota Groffik, Regina Kumala, Agata Glapa
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Physical Education and School Sport in Portugal.......................................415
Marcos Onofre, Joao Costa, Joao Martins, & Ana. Quiterio
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Physical Education and School Sport in Slovakia....................................... 447
Branislav Antala, Gabriela Luptakova
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Physical Education and School Sport in Slovenia........................................471
Gregor Jurak, Gregor Starc, Marjeta Kovac
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Physical Education, School Sport and Sport Sciences in Spain.............. 493
Antonio Calderon, Jose Luis Arias-Estero, David Hortiguela, Monica Aznar, Antonio
Fraile, Antonio Mendez-Gimenez, Javier Fernandez-Rio, Daniel N. Ardoy, Manuel
Abreu, Javier Castejon, David Gutierrez Diaz del Campo, Luis M. Garcia-Lopez
PART C
Comparative Analysis of Physical Education and School Sport Development and Research in Europe............................... 520
Roland Naul & Claude Scheuer
List of Authors................................................................... 545