Physical education, liberal education and the Leaving Certificate Examination
Mulcahy D.G.
2012
Irish Educational Studies
3
10.1080/03323315.2012.710064
This article considers the conceptualization of physical education as a Leaving Certificate Examination subject and the place of physical education in a liberal education. Special attention is given to the conceptual evolution of physical education and its intrinsic educational values and to the developments in the idea of a liberal education over the past quarter century. It is concluded that physical education merits inclusion in liberal education and a place in the Leaving Certificate Examination. © 2012 Copyright Educational Studies Association of Ireland.
educated person; health; justification; liberal education; practical
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