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Clark, Sheryl – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
This paper considers girls' participation in running and other outdoor physical activities in their local areas in London, UK. The paper is concerned with the operation of risk discourses in and around this participation and looks at the way that such discourses impacted on girls' opportunities to take part in physical activities that required…
Descriptors: Females, Participation, Physical Activities, Foreign Countries
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Taber, Nancy; Woloshyn, Vera; Lane, Laura – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2012
In this article, we explore the experiences of four girls with reading difficulties who participated in a book club designed to promote critical discussion of sociocultural gendered issues. Using the book "Dork diaries: Tales from a NOT-SO- fabulous life", they connected content in the book to their lives as relates to school "food…
Descriptors: Females, Reading Difficulties, Books, Clubs