Author: Richard L. Light

Richard L. Light is Professor and Head of the School of Sport and Physical Education in the College of Education, Health and Human Development at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. He is a leading researcher in the field of sport and physical education pedagogy, with an emphasis on situating learning within social and cultural contexts and on the subjective, affective and whole-person nature of experience. He is also highly regarded for his research on, and development of, athlete-centred, inquiry-based coaching, such as the Game Sense approach for coaching and teaching sport.