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Berg, Paivi; Lahelma, Elina – Gender and Education, 2010
In Finnish secondary schools, girls and boys are taught physical education (PE) in separate groups. A male teacher normally teaches the boys and a female teacher teaches the girls. Focusing on PE teachers' comments in two different ethnographic studies of seventh graders (13-14-year-olds), we examine the processes that reproduce or challenge the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Secondary School Students, Grade 7
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Gabbei, Ritchie – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2004
This article provides options and a rationale for expanding gender-grouping considerations to include single-gender, coed, and combination strategies for instruction in secondary physical education classes. This rationale is based on empirical evidence that suggests that female students are denied equal opportunity to achieve learning goals during…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Gender Bias, Federal Legislation, Single Sex Classes