The Future of Health, Wellbeing and Physical Education: Optimising Children's Health through Local and Global Community Partnerships

Timothy Lynch

Jun 2016 · Springer

About this ebook

This book uses the example of a partnership journey between universities, schools, the local health industry as well as a number of government organisations which worked to ensure the growth of physical education in primary education. The initiative employed the United Nations (UN) ideals as a model and contextualised them within local schools and communities. What began as a pathway seed quickly grew to involve multi-stakeholder partnerships and therefore explores how the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) may be implemented at a grass roots level.

Ratings and reviews

“Dr. Lynch has two decades of teaching experience in physical education working with students on three different continents. He uses his vast research background and practical experiences to produce an extensive and authoritative examination of the importance of how physical education positively impacts a vast array of health and wellbeing factors in students. I highly recommend this book for the theoretical and practical insights it provides physical educators and readers.” Dr. Gregory J. Soukup, Sr. Professor of Kinesiology School of Nursing and Health Professions University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas (USA)

About the author

Tim Lynch is Lecturer in Primary Physical Education at Plymouth University, UK. He has been involved in early years/ primary, secondary and higher education for 22 years as a classroom teacher, Head teacher, Health and Physical Education (HPE) specialist and Teacher Educationalist, working in various national and international school communities, education systems and institutions. Tim is the Vice-President for Oceania for the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (ICHPER-SD).