Abstract
In 2002 the United Nations (UN) convened an
Inter Agency Task Force on sport for development
and peace with the aim of reviewing activities
concerning sport in the UN system and designing
strategies to promote more systematic and coherent
use of sport in facilitating development and peace
activi ties, especially at the community level. The
UN also empha sised the potential role of sport in
achieving the Mil lennium Development Goals
(MDGs). Recommendations at several
international events, e.g. MINEPS III (Berlin,
Germany in 1999) and the International
Conference on Sport and Development
(Magglingen, Switzerland in 2003), with a follow
up conference in Magglingen, Switze rland, 2005;
have consistent ly implicated physical education a s
the right vehicle through which sport can be
effectively uti lized as a tool to promote
development and peace, particularly at the
community level such as in plus sport act ivities.
However, recent trends suggest that a gap exists
between the expectations of the UN in terms of
sustainable human development and how graduates
of physical education and sports studies in
universities are prepared to meet these new
challenges. This hypothesis was tested in 11
Nigerian universities specifically to analyse the
lecturers’ views concerning the need and feasibility
to teach contemporary physical education courses
within the context of human development. The
findings were analysed qualitat ively and
conclusions drawn based on its implications for
achieving the MDGs in African countries.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1001471 |
| Date | 01 March 2009 |
| Creators | Toriola, AL, Amusa, LO, Musa, DI, Moselakgomo, VK |
| Publisher | African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Rights | African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance |
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