Student Involvement

Each week that I am posting I have decided to look at a specific area that I am searching for under my theme of classroom management.  This week I have decided to look into Student Involvement in Physical Education.  The key words that I put into the data base this week were "Physical Education" and "Student Involvement."  After searching through the few and far between results that I found I have picked one Specific article.
The article that I will be discussing this week is about involvement in PE with the female gender.  This study looked into 32 different senior ladies who were taking a PE class.  These ladies were from 22 different school districts in the province of British Columbia, Canada.  The research team used interviews with teachers, student questionares, and course outlines to collect data.  There were many themes that emerged in the article which were; focus on lifetime activities, student involvement in course development, authentic assessment, gender as a course design feature, value added options, and finally a positive and respectful class environment.  The findings showed that most PE classes were developed with these things in mind.
When looking at the themes I can now use what I have found out from this article to maybe help some of my female students who don't participate find a way to have more fun.  I am using some of these techniques now but have found that most of females just don't want to be in PE period.  It can be frustrating at times to watch females just sitting in one spot during an entire game but I understand that I must stay positive and try to help them the best way that I can.  I will just have to try and do my best when it comes to keeping all of my students active in Physical Education.

Week One PE Research

The main topic that I have been researching this year is Classroom Management.  In the first term I researched CM in a classroom setting, this term I will be researching this in the PE classroom setting.  The three things that I will look at are Organization, Student Involvement, and Safety.  These three were the most important when looking at CM in the Physical Education setting.  I have done a little bit of research on the topic but have been more focused on my classes beginning at my school.
The one article that I found discussed the period length of classes on the west and east coast.  The article concluded that the periods that were longer were more beneficial for the students in the class.  The students had more time to dress down and also do activities in class.  I like the 90 minute periods because I like to run my classes like a practice.  An example would be in basketball I would do and individual skill then a team skill and conclude the class with games.  You must also warm up and also take role in the class.  If I were in a shorter time period it would be tough to get my students to complete everything in one day.