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Avugos, Simcha; Zach, Sima – Sport, Education and Society, 2022
The continuous trend of ultra-Orthodox ('Haredi') women enrolling in higher education institutions has not been widely investigated. The current study explored their reasons for pursuing an academic degree, their radical choice of physical education (PE) as a career, as well as their experiences and reflections on this process. Eighteen Israeli…
Descriptors: Jews, Females, College Students, Physical Education
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Bignold, Wendy J. – Sport, Education and Society, 2013
This article emerges from a background of UK policy concerns about young people's participation in physical activity. It rehearses the arguments for lifestyle sports as a rich ground for enhancing students' engagement with physical education (PE). A review of the still limited literature suggests that lifestyle sports may have an under-exploited…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Public Policy, Physical Activities
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Pantanowitz, Michal; Lidor, Ronnie; Nemet, Dan; Eliakim, Alon – ICHPER-SD Journal of Research, 2011
Only a few studies have examined how students and their parents perceive the contribution of homework (HW) assignments given in physical education (PE) classes to the students' development. The main objective of our study was to explore the attitude and compliance towards HW assignments in PE among Israeli high school students and their parents.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Homework, Physical Education, Physical Fitness
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Arar, Khalid Husny; Rigbi, Amihai – Sport, Education and Society, 2009
It is widely reported that physical education (PE) is less popular among girls than boys. This is sometimes accounted for with reference to puberty-related physical changes associated with growing awareness of gender stereotypes. When it comes to societies which are conservative regarding women's role, such as the Muslim Arab-Israeli society, a…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Probability, Cultural Context, Muslims