The Ethics of Australian Fitness Professionals

ISBN-13: 9783639107012 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 128 str.

Andrew Dawson

Opis

The Australian fitness profession has grown rapidly in the past three decades, but there has been unequal growth in the ethical practices of its workers. The purpose of this book is to examine the ethical beliefs and behaviours of Australian fitness professionals. Several questions are of particular interest:1) How ethical are the beliefs and behaviours of Australian fitness professionals? 2) How do the ethical beliefs and behaviours of Australian university trained fitness professionals compare with TAFE (community) college trained fitness professionals? This book explores the ethical knowledge and practices of Australian fitness professionals and compares their beliefs and behavious with practitioners from other helping professions such as psychology.Issues examined in this book include: 1) the ethics education of fitness professionals; 2) the regulation of questionable behaviours by practicing members of the fitness profession; 3) and the professional boundaries of Australian fitness workers.

O autorze

Andrew is a lecturer and researcher in sport psychology,
exercise behaviour and sport coaching at Deakin University,
Australia. Andrew also has more than 20 years experience
coaching individuals and groups to enhance their performance in
a number of areas including athletics, health, fitness, career
development and academic skills.