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Gerdin, Göran – Sport, Education and Society, 2017
Despite clear messages from current physical education (PE) curricula about the importance of adopting socially critical perspectives, dominant discourses of gender relating to physical activity, bodies and health are being reproduced within this school subject. By drawing on interview data from a larger ethnographic account of boys' PE, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Secondary School Students, Physical Education
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Cavanagh, Tom – Journal of School Violence, 2009
In this post 9/11 era Western cultures are focusing on values that support war and violence. In this article an ethnographer explores the impact of these values on schools. These values, seen through the lens of restorative justice, include: (a) punishment, (b) adversarial relationships, (c) monopolization of power, (d) problemization and…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Peace, Juvenile Justice, Social Attitudes
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Macfarlane, Angus; Moltzen, Roger – Kairaranga, 2005
The importance of identifying and nurturing the gifts and talents of young people is now more widely accepted in New Zealand than it has been in the past. In this country the approach to meeting this challenge must reflect an understanding and acknowledgement of Maori conceptions of giftedness and talent. It is proposed here that the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Pacific Islanders, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations