Account for Differences in the Development of Physical Education in Britain and Germany in the Nineteenth Century

Essay from the year 2004 in the subject Sport - Sport History, grade: 1,2, University of Aberdeen (Department of Cultural History), course: Sport History, 17 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: …Comparing the physical educational concepts of Germany and Britain, this paper examines the development of physical culture in the nineteenth century. The compatibility of ROUSSEAU’s quotation to both notions assumes that there might be a common ground for each physical education approach. Enormous social, economical and political development affected whole Europe according to the Enlightment and influenced the physical culture - but in different nations to a different extent. Hence, I focus on the differences in the development of physical education…