Thesis (M.S.Ed.)--Baylor University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-82).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-129). Also available online (PDF file) by a subscription to the set or by purchasing the individual file.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-129).

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University.

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / The purpose of this dissertation was to observe, describe, compare, and analyze the differences between elementary, middle, and high school physical education classes in South Korea, based on teacher and student behavior, teacher-student interaction patterns, teacher and student involvement levels, and teaching effectiveness. The subjects of this study were comprised of 15 certified full-time physical education teachers at selected schools in Seoul. A videotaping team visited 11 selected schools around Seoul and videotaped regular physical education classes Three observational instruments were used to collect data. First, teacher and student behavior and teacher-student interaction patterns were coded using Chefers' Adaptation of Flanders' Interaction Analysis System. Next, teacher and student involvement levels were coded using Individual Reaction Gestalt III. Finally, teaching effectiveness was rated using the Teacher Perforn1ance Criteria Questioru1aire. This study addressed five research questions, and a null hypothesis was fonnulated for each question, with the exception of question number two. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive and nonparametric statistical procedures. All hypotheses were tested utilizing the Kruskal-Wallis one-way ANOVA test at the .05 and .1 level of significance. Additional comparisons using the Mann-Whitney Utest were made when significant differences between the three school levels were found using the Kruskal-Wallisone-way AN OVAtest. The Bonferroni adjusted level of significance (p<.05/3=.017 and p<.1/3=.033) was applied to the Mann-Whitney UTest. Furthermore, descriptive statistics were employed to determine frequencies/scores, means, and standard deviations for the data obtained using the three instruments. This study demonstrated that elementary school physical education classes exhibited more humanistic behaviors, such as acceptance of students' feelings and ideas, use of praise and encouragement, and use of various questioning techniques. Due to increased game-playing activities, elementary school classes displayed more student verbal and nonverbal analytical responses than middle and high school classes. In contrast, secondary school physical education classes were conducted in a highly hierarchical and militaristic atmosphere. In particular, corporal punishment was often used as a means to control classes. Middle school classes were conducted with a great deal of teacher input, including lecturing, criticism, and giving directions, and high school classes had a very structured atmosphere. / 2031-01-02

The thesis examines how images of 'femininity' and the construction of gender-appropriate behaviour are reinforced and potentially challenged by the structure, content and teaching of girls' physical education in secondary schooling. The research involves both historical and contemporary investigation. The qualitative methodology used for the contemporary research focuses on an in-depth case study cf an inner city local education authority. Open-ended interviews were conducted with advisory staff, teaching staff and education committee members involved in secondary school reorganization. This was followed by close observation in four selected case study schools. The research techniques were grounded in a feminist methodology The historical analysis identifies gender ideologies relating to physical ability/capacity, motherhood! domesticity and sexuality which underpinned the development of girls' physical education. The contemporary research concludes that images of femininity continue to find expression in the assumptions of women physical education staff although they are specific to their particular historical location in the 1980s. The case study observations provide evidence cu f the institutionalization of gender ideologies in the policies, priorities and practices of girls' physical education. Three central issues emerge from the research: the significance of ideologies of the physical and the politics of sexuality; the relationship between young women's subcultures, leisure and physical education; the debates surrounding mixed versus single-sex organization. These issues are critically analysed in relation to relevant literature, evidence from the research material and current feminist theoretical debates. The thesis concludes by suggesting future directions for girls' physical education and future research in related areas. The research points to the need for a feminist analysis and approach to girls' physical education in order to initiate debate and anti-sexist policy innovation and also to contribute to wider feminist theoretical analysis particularly in relation to an understanding of physicality, sexuality and patriarchal power relations.

This paper reports on a cross-cultural study aiming to determine and to compare constraints relating to participation in recreational sporting activities. Data were collected from two student surveys at Manchester (England) and Esfahan (Iran) Universities. Both sets of samples were divided into participation and non-participation groups. In the light of indicators from previous studies (Jackson and Dunn, 1991; Crawford and Godbey, 1987 and McGuire et al., 1989), constraints were subjected to factor analysis. They were then classified into three categories: intra-personal, interpersonal, and structural constraints and analysed to determine the differences between the English and Iranian students and between the participation and non-participation groups. The study found that structural constraints (money, facilities, time, and transportation) were rated significantly higher than intrapersonal and interpersonal constraints amongst both English and Iranian samples. However, all the mean scores for the constraint factors for the Iranian samples were higher than the English samples. For participants and non-participants in both English and Iranian samples, the investigation provided support for the hierarchical model of leisure constraints (Crawford, Jackson and Godbey, 1991), and the "hierarchy of importance" (Crawford et al., 1991), "negotiation" and "balance" (Jackson, Crawford and Godbey, 1993) propositions, which followed the introduction of this model. The implications of these findings are discussed in terms of the planning, provision and management of sport-related services in the area of the study, and a cross-cultural comparison. The paper also discusses methodological and theoretical considerations and implications.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2006-11-27Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:57:10Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 borges_c_me_rcla.pdf: 874280 bytes, checksum: 1538bfc8a4822fbc24bfbeb0020f6b83 (MD5) / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) / A massificação do ensino superior e a sociedade do conhecimento exigiram um aumento significativo na demanda de docentes universitários. Formar um profissional capacitado no ensino superior passa pela atividade didáticopedagógica de um docente universitário competente, responsável por intercambiar o conhecimento produzido e o aluno. Mas a quem cabe a formação didáticopedagógica do docente? O artigo 66 da LDBEN n.º 9.394/96 define que os cursos de pós-graduação stricto sensu são responsáveis pela preparação do docente para o magistério superior. E os Planos Nacionais de Pós-Graduação (PNPG) que em sua primeira versão objetivavam a formação do docente universitário na pósgraduação stricto sensu transferiram essa responsabilidade para a pós-graduação lato sensu. Assim, a pós-graduação stricto sensu passou, prioritariamente, a formar pesquisadores a fim de alcançar a autonomia e o desenvolvimento nacional. Defende-se, como hipótese, que a pós-graduação stricto sensu não prepara didática e pedagogicamente seus alunos para atuarem como docentes no ensino superior. A partir desse contra-senso a presente pesquisa, de natureza qualitativa, tratando-se de um estudo de caso investigou um grupo de docentes, oriundos do curso de pós-graduação (mestrado) da EEFEUSP, os quais vivem o cotidiano universitário objetivando analisar: a) as conceituações de didática desses docentes; b) se o Curso de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu (mestrado) da EEFEUSP preparou didática e pedagogicamente seus alunos para atuar no ensino superior e c) como ocorreu a sua formação didático-pedagógica. Realizou-se revisão da literatura e documental referente à didática, à docência universitária, aos saberes docentes, aos planos nacionais de pós-graduação e ao curso de pósgraduação da EEFEUSP. / The higher education expansion and the knowledge society demanded a significant increasing on lecturer demand. Preparing a capacitated professional in higher education goes through the pedagogical-didactic activity of one competent higher education teacher who is responsible to exchange the produced knowledge and the student. But who should be responsible for the pedagogical-didactic preparing of this teacher? The article 66 from LDBEN n.º 9.394/96 defines that the post-graduation programmes stricto sensu are responsible to prepare the lecturer on teaching in higher education. The Post-Graduation National Plans (PNPG) which its first edition had objectived the higher education teacher formation on post-graduation stricto sensu transferred this responsibility to the post-graduation lato sensu. In this way the post-graduation stricto sensu has passed forming, priority, researchers to reach the autonomy and the national progress. The hypothesis of this study is that the post-graduation programme doesn t prepare pedagogically the post-graduation student to teach on higher education. Considering this nonsense, this study, from qualitative nature, has investigated one lectures group, from post-graduation course (mastered) EEFEUSP, who lives the university quotidian focusing to analyse: a) the lectures didactic concepts; b) if the post-graduation course stricto sensu (mastered) EEFEUSP has prepared its students to teach on higher education and c) how its pedagogical-didactic formation occurred. It was realized the literature and documental revision referring to didactic, higher education teacher, lectures knowledge, post-graduation national plans and the post-graduation programme of EEFEUSP.

<p> Personal narrative and literature review was used to explore the historical and current contexts of embodied knowing, embodied inquiry, and embodied teaching. Methods of embodied inquiry from phenomenology, somatics, and transpersonal research are described and compared. Ten common elements of embodied inquiry practices are distilled, including a dialogue between witnessing and felt sense aspects of awareness, as a tool for facilitating embodied understanding and integration. The application of embodied inquiry to teaching is explored, and the proposal that teaching and learning as a participatory embodied inquiry practice facilitates embodied understanding and transformation. </p><p>