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Sport, Education and Society Volume 22, 2017 - Issue 5: The Political is Critical: Explorations of the contemporary politics of knowledge in Health and Physical Education
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Why is there so little critical physical education scholarship in the United States? The case of Fitnessgram

Michael GardSchool of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia;School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia;School of Education, Southern Cross University, East Lismore, NSW, Australia
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Carolyn PluimDepartment of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 602-617 | Published online: 13 Jun 2017

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Carrie Safron. (2023) Fit Nation: The Gains & Pains of America’s Exercise Obsession by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela. Sport, Education and Society 28:7, pages 870-872.
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Eun-Young Lee, Joel D. Barnes, Justin J. Lang, Diego A.S. Silva, Grant R. Tomkinson & Mark S. Tremblay. (2020) Testing validity of FitnessGram in two samples of US adolescents (12–15 years). Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness 18:3, pages 129-135.
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