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Exploring the PE Contexts and Experiences of Girls Who Challenge Gender Norms in a Progressive Secondary School
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Suzanne Roberts, Jennifer; Gray, Shirley; Camacho Miñano, Maria José – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2020
The relationship between masculinity and sports that is naturalised and reproduced in PE settings has been well-documented, highlighting contexts that privilege certain boys, limit girls and where many teachers view girls as a problem to be fixed. However, social norms regarding what constitutes feminism, gender and sexism are changing, which may…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Females, Secondary School Students, Gender Bias
Re-Engaging Disengaged Pupils in Physical Education: An Appreciative Inquiry Perspective
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Gray, Shirley; Treacy, Jennifer; Hall, Edward T. – Sport, Education and Society, 2019
Many children and young people enjoy physical education (PE), yet many do not, and subsequently become disengaged from PE. Previous research that has explored pupil disengagement from PE has focused on what teachers should do to re-engage their pupils, or has encouraged dis-engaged pupils to create a curriculum that they perceive to be socially…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Learner Engagement, Inquiry, Teaching Methods
"This Choice Thing Really Works?…?" Changes in Experiences and Engagement of Adolescent Girls in Physical Education Classes, during a School-Based Physical Activity Programme
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Mitchell, Fiona; Gray, Shirley; Inchley, Jo – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Background: There is a significant amount of research which shows a proportion of girls are not engaging with physical education (PE) in school, resulting in a number of relatively inactive girls within the PE class. These girls are often identified in the literature as "low active", "hard to reach" or "disengaged".…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Secondary School Students, Adolescents
Pupils' Perceptions of and Experiences in Team Invasion Games: A Case Study of a Scottish Secondary School and Its Three Feeder Primary Schools
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Gray, Shirley; Sproule, John; Wang, C. K. John – European Physical Education Review, 2008
It has been claimed that young children in schools in Scotland cannot relate to the activities that are taught in the more "traditional" PE curriculum, activities that predominately include team invasion games (TIG) such as basketball, soccer and hockey (Scottish Executive, 2004). However, one of the issues with this claim is that it…
Descriptors: State Schools, Team Sports, Physical Activity Level, Focus Groups