This collection of studies addresses contemporary issues and problems in the physical education curriculum. The editors stress that physical education is a part of social life and is therefore a key site for the production of cultural mores, values and symbols.

General Editors’ Introduction, Acknowledgments, Chapter 1 Introduction: Physical Education, Curriculum and Culture, Chapter 2 A Critical Analysis of the Hidden Curriculum in Physical Education, Chapter 3 Defining the Subject: Gymnastics and Gender in British Physical Education, Chapter 4 Oppression and Privilege in Physical Education: Struggles in the Negotiation of Gender in a University Programme, Chapter 5 Pedagogy as Text in Physical Education Teacher Education: Beyond the Preferred Reading, Chapter 6 Ability, Position and Privilege in School Physical Education, Chapter 7 Challenging Hegemonic Physical Education: Contextualizing Physical Education as an Examinable Subject, Chapter 8 Winners, Losers and the Myth of Rational Change in Physical Education: Towards an Understanding of Interests and Power in Innovation, Chapter 9 Images of Healthism in Health-Based Physical Education, Notes on Contributors, Index