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This collection of essays celebrates the 70th birthday of Professor Roland Naul. The chapters, written by colleagues and friends, illustrate the development of sport and physical activity research over four decades. They give an overview and update of relevant fields that determined the academic work of Roland Naul and new insights. The chapters have been grouped under the following aspects: Roland Naul as Schola Ludens Europaeus, with a focus on his special fields of interest and research; general education and sport education including the relationship between sport pedagogy and social pedagogy; old and new challenges for the Olympic Games movement, as described from the perspective of different countries; health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA), a key policy area which Roland Naul has helped shape in the European Union; and finally, sport policy on a local level. This commemorative publication acknowledges the merits of Roland Naul for European studies in physical education and youth sports, as well as for the sport policy context in Europe.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Claude Scheuer (Ed.) works at the University of Luxembourg for the research unit ECCS (Education, Culture, Cognition and Society) at the Institute of Applied Educational Sciences (AES). He teaches in the primary school teacher education program. His research focuses on basic motor skills of children and adolescents and on active school settings. Scheuer is member of the board of the Luxembourg teacher association (APEP) and the president of EUPEA (European Physical Education Association). He is the vice delegate for Luxembourg for FIEP Europe (Federation Internationale de l’Education Physique) and an executive board member in ICSSPE (International Council of School Sports and Physical Education). In 2015 Claude Scheuer co-founded CEREPS (Conseil Europeen de la Recherche en Education Physique et Sportive) together with Professor Roland Naul.
Zusammenfassung
This collection of essays was prepared to celebrate the 70th birthday of Professor Roland Naul. Some contributors have been working with Roland Naul in recent years while others accompanied his research projects in previous decades. Taken together, these chapters illustrate the development of sport and physical activity research over four decades.
