NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 466 to 480 of 2,057 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Joy, Phillip; Larsson, Håkan – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2019
Background: Masculinities are fluid and socially constructed. Physical education is one means by which masculinities are constituted. Some masculinities may be limited through content, activities, and pedagogy of physical education that shape the way students come to know gender. The purpose of this study was to explore how movements contribute to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masculinity, Human Body, Physical Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Moosa, Shaaista; Bhana, Deevia – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
The teaching of young children or Foundation Phase (FP) teaching as it is known in South Africa continues to be regarded as 'women's work'. Lately South African research has focused on encouraging men's participation as FP teachers. In this paper, we offer a critical examination of how South African primary school teachers 'embrace' the need for…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Role Models, Teacher Characteristics, Sex Role
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Guadalupe, Tasha; Curtner-Smith, Matthew D. – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2019
A limited amount of research indicates that when teachers purposefully invite students to negotiate the physical education curriculum, students have a more equitable experience. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of purposefully negotiating the curriculum on one boys' physical education class. A second purpose was to…
Descriptors: Males, Middle School Students, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers
Hazelwood, Bruce Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Discussions about sports continue to permeate the news and political realms and may prove to be a useful but underutilized tool to teach difficult subjects like race, gender, and sexuality. However, most scholarly work on sport focuses on a specific systemic inequality within a sport and/or how an issue affects sport and thus are sociological in…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Athletics, Higher Education, College Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Yepez, Alex I. – Journal of Student Affairs, New York University, 2021
Recently, there has been a greater focus directed towards the collegiate experiences and success of male students of color on college campuses. In response, many campuses have begun implementing interventions or programs for the purpose of retaining Latinx men and men of color. Male-centered student programs provide Latinx men with a community and…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Males, Hispanic American Students, Self Concept
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hellman, Anette – Ethnography and Education, 2021
The aim of the article is to explore norms about care and masculinity in early childhood education and care settings in Indonesia and Sweden. Building on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, it is shown how care in the two nations was produced as ambivalent for men, causing a risk of being accused of working with children for the wrong reasons. Two…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Masculinity, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers
Assadi, Aresh – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Despite the numerous studies suggesting that psychological treatments are equally efficacious for men and women, many men continue to exhibit reluctance toward seeking treatment for their psychological concerns. This significant gender disparity in mental health services utilization persists despite mental illness severity. There is a plethora of…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Mental Health, Health Services, Access to Health Care
Leonel Alberto Diaz – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Using creative autoethnographic "testimonio" (CAT), a story is told about the injustices within the learning environment and work environment of higher education toward a person with disabilities: sleep apnea, learning disabilities, negative mental health. The author explores the health difficulties of addressing sleep deprivation while…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Higher Education, Organizational Culture, Social Justice
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Anders, Allison Daniel; DeVita, James M. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2020
Participation in athletics by gender non-conforming (GNC) and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) is lower in comparison to their participation in other school activities; LGBT students avoid athletic fields, locker rooms, and coaches. We examine the ways DeVita, a GNC student athlete in high school negotiated his…
Descriptors: Athletics, LGBTQ People, High School Students, Athletes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Anderson, Bronwynne – South African Journal of Education, 2020
This article focuses of 13 high school boys' experiences of getting into "trouble" in a former Coloured township high school in KwaZulu-Natal Province. This ethnographic study explored the reasons for boys being considered "troublesome" at school. Data collection included focus groups, semi-structured open-ended individual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Males, Blacks
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Abadi, Efrat; Gill, Diane L. – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2020
Despite the positive effects of sports participation on young girls' development and well-being, gender disparities persist, and sport participation drops dramatically as young girls grow into adolescence. Current reports (e.g. Tucker Center, 2018) confirm persistent gender stereotypes that influence participation, especially in masculine-typed…
Descriptors: Females, Athletics, Participation, Social Influences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Udén, Maria K. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
Scholars have noted that there is hesitation to utilise findings from gender studies in engineering education. Issues within gender studies may be part of the matching problem. Debates concerning two concepts for new engineering paradigms are investigated: "care" and "heterogeneity." Their appeals and the respective…
Descriptors: Feminism, Gender Issues, Womens Studies, Engineering Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Allen, Quaylan – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2017
This study examines the schooling of black male students in a U.S. high school. Drawing upon positioning theory and student resistance literature, I describe how the students make meaning of the pathologizing positioning practices of the school, including how they resist and internalize dominant discourses about black masculinity and how their…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, High School Students, Theories
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kilmartin, Christopher – About Campus, 2017
This article was written by Christopher Kilmartin to share some of what he has learned in his career as Emeritus college professor, author, actor, playwright, consultant, and professional psychologist about the needs of campus males and what is believed to work when addressing and intervening to keep men from hurting themselves and others.…
Descriptors: Males, Mental Health, Campuses, Masculinity
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Chang, Te-Hsin; Tucker, Anita R.; Norton, Christine Lynn; Gass, Michael A.; Javorski, Stephen E. – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2017
Adventure programming has seen considerable growth throughout the world. While newly established programs aim to meet the needs of their prospective clients, failing to account for cultural differences when conducting or designing programs may impede this goal. Non-western approaches to implementing adventure programs have rarely been discussed,…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Cultural Differences, Program Development, Cultural Awareness
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  28  |  29  |  30  |  31  |  32  |  33  |  34  |  35  |  36  |  ...  |  138