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Physical education and female participation:A case study of teachers' perspectives and strategies

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: We argue that gender issues in physical education (PE) remain in some schools, despite advances in PE research and curricula aimed at engaging females in PE. We interviewed five Australian PE teachers (1 male and 4 females) at a co-educational, regional high school about the factors affecting female participation in PE and the strategies they used to engage female students. The key strategies the teachers reported using, such as modified scoring in mixed gender activities, single gender classes, school policies and extra-curricular activities, were (a) shaped by their individual views on the factors affecting female participation, (b) primarily embedded in (and reproduced) stereotypes of gender and (c) generally not a reflection of what is being advocated in the literature. Therefore, our study highlights the need for policies and programs aimed at supporting PE teachers to implement gender-sensitive strategies in their daily practice.

Source: Charles Sturt University Research Output (CRO)

Authors: Murphy, Brooke, Dionigi, Rylee; id_orcid 0000-0001-8346-9610, Litchfield, Chelsea; id_orcid 0000-0002-6781-4573

Language: English

Topic: Physical Education and Pedagogy

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2142855237

FWCI: 3.103

Cites: 47

Cited by: 24

Related to: 10