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Whitehead, M.E. Meaningful Existence, Embodiment and Physical Education - Journal of Philosophy of Education (1990)

Whitehead, M.E. The Concept of Physical Literacy - BJTPE (2001)

Whitehead, M.E. The Concept of Physical Literacy - EJPE (2001)

Whitehead, M.E. Physical Literacy - A Debate - Pre-Olympic Congress Thessaloniki (2004)

Mandigo, J. and Holt, N. Reading the Game: Introducing the notion of Games Literacy - PHE (2004) (PDF only)

Whitehead, M.E. Physical Literacy - A Developing Concept (2005)

Whitehead, M.E. Developing Physical Literacy - Roehampton (2005)

Whitehead, M.E. The Concept of Physical Literacy and the development of a sense of self - IAPESGW (2005)

Whitehead, M.E. Poster on Physical Literacy 2nd World Summit on Physical Education - Macolin (2005)

Haydn-Davies, D. How does the Concept of Physical Literacy affect what is and might be the practice of Physical Education? BJTPE (2005)

Whitehead, M.E. Developing the Concept of Physical Literacy. ICSSPE Newsletter Summer 2006

Whitehead, M.E. with Murdoch, E. Physical Literacy and Physical Education: Conceptual Mapping. PE Matters Summer 2006

Martin, A. Special PE: Physical Literacy in a Special School. PE Matters Vol. 1 No.3 Winter 2006

Whitehead, M.E. Physical Literacy and its importance to every individual - NDA (2007)

Whitehead, M.E. Squaring the circle - Women, Physical Literacy and Western Patriarchal Culture - BPSA (2007)

Whitehead, M. E. (2007) Physical Literacy as the goal of Physical Education with particular reference to girls and young women. Unpublished paper given at CAHPERD Conference May 2007

Maggie Killngbeck, Mark Bowler, Danny Golding and Paul Sammon. Physical Education and Physical Literacy

Whitehead, M. E. (2007) Physical Literacy: Philosophical considerations in relation to the development of self, universality and propositional knowledge. Sport Ethics and Philosophy Vol 1 No. 3 Dec 2007

Arnold, P.J. (1979) Meaning in movement, Sport and Physical Education. Heinemann London

Best, D. (1978) Philosophy and Human Movement. Unwin London

Brownell,S.(1995) Training the Body for China: Sports in the Moral Order of the People's Republic University of Chicago press. Chicago and London

Burkitt, I. (1999) Bodies of Thought. Embodiment, Identity and Modernity Sage London

Clark, A. (1997) Being There: Putting Brain, Body and World Together Again MIT Press London

Claxton, G. (1984) Live and Learn. Harper and Row. London

Cockburn, C. (1999) Everybody's Looking at You! Unpublished M.Ed. Thesis University of Southampton.

De Beauvoir, S. (1949) The Second Sex. Translated by Parshley, H.M (1997) Vintage Classics

Evans, J. (1989) Equality and Opportunity in the Physical Education Curriculum. The ACHPER National Journal 1989 p 8-11

Evans, J. Ed.(1993) Equality, Education and Physical Education. The Falmer Press. London

Gallagher, S. (2005) how the body shapes the mind. Clarendon Press Oxford

Gibbs, R.G. Jr, 2006 Embodiment and Cognitive Science. Cambridge University Press

Gill, J.H. (2000) The Tacit Mode. State University of New York

Johnson, M. (1987)The Body in the Mind. The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination and Reason. University of Chicago Press. London

Kirk,D. and Tinning,R. (1990) Physical Education, Curriculum and Culture: Critical issues in the Contemporary Crisis Falmer London

Lakoff,G & Johnson, M. (1999) Philosophy in the Flesh The embodied mind and its challenge to western thought. Perseus Books Group. Basic Books

Merleau-Ponty, M. (1962) Phenomenology of Perception translated by Colin Smith Routledge & Kegan Paul London

Merleau-Ponty, M. (1964) The Primacy of Perception translated by James Edie NWUniversity Press

Pugsey, L. et al (1996) Daps, Dykes and Five Mile Hikes: Physical Education in Pupils' Folklore. Sport, Education and Society Vol 1 No 2 pp 133-146

Ridgers, N. D. et al (2004) Perceptions of Athletic Competence and fear of Negative Evaluation during Physical Education. Liverpool John Moores University. Unpublished paper presented at BERA Manchester 2004

Sartre, J-P. (1957) Being and Nothingness translated by Hazel Barnes. Methuen London

Sheets-Johnstone, M. (1994) The Roots of Power. Open Court Chicago

Shilling, C. (1993a) The Body and Society. Blackwell, Oxford

Shilling, C. (1993b) The Body, Class and Social Inequalities in Evans, J. (1993) Equality, Education and Physical Education. The Falmer Press London

Stanley, L. (ed) (1997) Knowing Feminisms. Sage London

Stanley, L. and Wise, S. (1983) Breaking Out Again. Routledge London and New York

Stern, D. (1985) The Interpersonal World of the Infant. New York Basic Books

Stern, D. (1990) Diary of a Baby. New York Basic Books

Talbot, M.(1993) A Gendered Physical Education: Equality and Sexism in Evans, J. (1993) Equality, Education and Physical Education. The Falmer Press London

Weiss, G. (1999) Body Images. Routledge. New York and London

Weiss, G & Haber, H.F. (1999) Perspectives on Embodiment. Routledge. New York and London

Wellard, I. (2006) Able Bodies and Sport Participation: Social constructions of physical ability. Sport, Education and Society Vol 11(2) p 105-119

Whitehead, M.E. (1987) "A study of the views of Sartre and Merleau-Ponty relating to embodiment, and a consideration of the implications of these views to the justification and practice of physical education" Unpublished PhD thesis. University of London.

Whitehead, M.E. (1988a) Dualism, Monism and Health Related Exercise in Physical Education. Newsletter 10, Health and Physical Education Project, British Journal of Physical Education, Nov/Dec. 1988

Whitehead, M.E. (1988b) The Danger of Fun. British Journal of Physical Education Vol. 19 1988

Whitehead, M.E. (1990a) Meaningful Existence, Embodiment and Physical Education Journal of Philosophy of Education Vol 24, No 1 p3-13

Whitehead, M.E. (1990b) Teacher/Pupil Interaction in Physical Education - The Key to Success. The Bulletin of Physical Education Vol. 26 No. 2 Summer. 1990

Whitehead, M.E. (1993) Physical Literacy. Unpublished paper given at IAPESWG Congress Melbourne

Whitehead, M. E. (2001a) The Concept of Physical Literacy. Unpublished paper given at IAPESGW Congress Alexandria

Whitehead, M. E. (2001b) The Concept of Physical Literacy EJPE Vol 6 127-138

Whitehead, M.E. (2002) Answer back - Practicalities of fostering self-esteem. BJTPE Vol 33 No 2 .p 49.

Whitehead, M.E. (2004) Physical Literacy - a debate. Unpublished paper given at the pre-Olympic Congress Thessaloniki

Whitehead, M E. (2005a) Physical Education and Physical Literacy - Unpublished paper given at the National Summit on Physical Education CCPR January 2005

Whitehead, M.E. (2005b) Physical Literacy - A Developing Concept. Unpublished paper given at the British Philosophy of Sport Conference Durham 2005

Whitehead, M.E. (2005c) The concept of physical literacy and the development of a sense of self. Unpublished paper given at IAPESGW Conference 2006 Edmonton Canada

Whitehead, M. E. with Murdoch, E. (2006) Physical Literacy and Physical Education: Conceptual Mapping in Physical Education Matters Summer 2006

Whitehead, M.E. (2007a) Physical Literacy and its importance to every individual. Unpublished paper given at the National Disability Association of Ireland January 2007

Whitehead, M.E. (2007b) Squaring the Circle - Women, Physical Literacy and Patriarchal Culture. Unpublished paper given at British Philosophy of Sport Conference Leeds 2007

Whitehead, M. E. (2007c) Physical Literacy as the goal of Physical Education with particular reference to girls and young women. Unpublished paper given at CAHPERD Conference May 2007

Whitehead, M.E. (2007d) Physical Literacy: Philosophical considerations in relation to the development of self, universality and propositional knowledge. Sport Ethics and Philosophy Vol 1 No. 3 Dec 2007

Wider, K. (1997) - The Bodily Nature of Consciousness. Sartre and contemporary philosophy of mind. Cornell UP London

Young, I. (1990) Throwing Like a Girl. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press