The Gendered Spaces and Places of Physical Education

• In Event: Roundtable Session 65
  In Roundtable Session: Self-Movement, Identity, and Sport Pedagogy

Abstract

This paper will report on findings from a study that examined boys’ performances of gender in Physical Education (PE) at a single-sex secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand. Using a participatory visual research approach (Pink, 2001; Prosser, 2007), involving video recordings of boys participating in PE, the boys’ representations and interpretations of the visual data were explored during both focus groups and individual interviews. The boys’ responses illuminate how particular gendered identities which shape their performances of gender are embedded in the design and structure of the physical spaces and places associated with PE. Future research which focuses on young people’s visual representations and interpretations might help highlight and challenge the gendered spaces and places of PE.

Author

• Göran Gerdin, The University of Auckland