On Body and Education

Abstract

The history of the teaching of movements is a remarkable field in the history of education, the research paradigm of which also presupposes social and cultural-historical studies and accurate document analysis. The impressive volume published in 2021 and edited by Simonetta Polenghi, András Németh and Tomáš Kasper, provides a comprehensive overview of the educational trends from the turn of the century to the 1950s. The book’s authors present the trends in physical education and movement arts in the European countries of the era from exciting perspectives. The studies focus on how the public health, ideology, art, and pedagogical trends of the first half of the 20th century influenced educational policy aspirations for the physical and artistic development of the body.