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Lagestad, Pål; Lyngstad, Idar; Bjerke, Øyvind; Ropo, Eero – Sport, Education and Society, 2020
The study examines the association between students' level of physical fitness and experiences of being 'seen' by their physical education (PE) teachers, by interviewing 26 high school students (13 with low physical fitness, and 13 with high physical fitness). The analyses indicated that being 'seen' in PE seems to be related to experienced…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, High School Students, Teacher Student Relationship
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Ingulfsvann, Laura Suominen; Moe, Vegard Fusche; Engelsrud, Gunn – Sport, Education and Society, 2022
Researchers, politicians, physical educators, and children -- all advocate the significance of joy of movement. Children desire movement because they find it joyful and meaningful, while politicians and physical educators are often interested in the associations between joy of movement and participation in physical activity. Researchers have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Motion, Physical Activity Level
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Hordvik, Mats; MacPhail, Ann; Ronglan, Lars Tore – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2019
Background and Purpose: Acknowledging that it is critical that researchers design and implement studies that examine teaching as a complex phenomenon (Strom and Martin [2017]. "Becoming-teacher: A Rhizomatic Look at First-year Teaching. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers), the objective of this study was to examine pre-service teachers' (PSTs')…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Difficulty Level, Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Mikalsen, Hilde Kristin; Lagestad, Pål Arild – Sport, Education and Society, 2020
The aim of the study is to shed light on how physical education (PE) is experienced among a varied group of adolescents in school, and to nurture debate related to the relationship between adolescents' lived experience of PE and their identity-formation processes. Nuanced insights can help to increase teachers' ability to perceive, react to and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Early Adolescents, Physical Education
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Lagestad, Pål – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2017
Longitudinal studies on adolescents' enjoyment in physical education (PE) are lacking. This study examined students' self-reported enjoyment and predictors of enjoyment in PE in school among students from age 14 to 19, using questionnaires and interviews. From the results, enjoyment in PE increases among girls during high school, while students…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Predictor Variables, Physical Education
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Säfvenbom, Reidar; Haugen, Tommy; Bulie, Marte – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Background and purpose: Due to attitudinal and motivational aims in the national curriculum, and to lack of research on adolescents' experiences with physical education (PE) in Norway, the purposes of this study were to (1) attain data on attitudes toward PE and self-determined motivation for PE among a representative sample of adolescents (N =…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Educational Benefits, National Curriculum
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Kjonniksen, Lise; Fjortoft, Ingunn; Wold, Bente – European Physical Education Review, 2009
This study examined the relationship between participation in organized youth sport and attitude to physical education (PE) during adolescence and physical activity in young adulthood. The sample comprised 630 participants who completed questionnaires over a 10-year period. Analysis of variance and regression were used to examine the relationship…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Questionnaires
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Skille, Eivind Asrum; Waddington, Ivan – European Physical Education Review, 2006
This article examines the "alternative" sport and physical activities provided by the Sports City Programme (SCP) in Norway, which are designed to attract more young people (especially inactive young people) to take part in physical activities. In particular, it examines whether these "alternative" sports have been more…
Descriptors: Working Class, Physical Activities, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes