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Fitness Testing: How Do Students Make Sense of the Gender Disparities?
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Domangue, Elizabeth A.; Solmon, Melinda A. – Sport, Education and Society, 2012
The ways in which students make sense of the gendered fitness expectations found in a norm-referenced fitness testing program (i.e. President's challenge physical fitness test) were the focus of this study. Participants were 18 fifth grade students who completed fitness tests in their physical education classes. They were interviewed using a…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Ideology, Grade 5
"Studentship" and "Impression Management" in an Advanced Soccer Coach Education Award
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Chesterfield, Gavin; Potrac, Paul; Jones, Robyn – Sport, Education and Society, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate how coaches perceived and responded to the content knowledge and assessment processes that they were exposed to during an advanced level soccer coaching award programme. In-depth interviews were conducted with six coaches who had successfully completed the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Athletic Coaches, Standards, Aptitude Treatment Interaction
Three Physical Education Programs' Adaptive Approaches to Change: "How Can I Spin that so It Works for Me?"
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Patton, Kevin; Griffin, Linda L. – Sport, Education and Society, 2008
This study examined five of 12 physical education teachers participating in the Assessment Initiative for Middle School Physical Education (AIMS-PE), a reform-based teacher development project designed to help teachers examine and reframe their assessment practices and to design and implement curricular programs that encourage active teaching and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Program Effectiveness