Gender Differences and Inequality? A 20-Year Retrospective Analysis Based on 39,980 Students' Perceptions of Physical Education in Sweden

Autor/inn/en	Jansson, Alexander; Sundblad, Gunilla Brun
Titel	Gender Differences and Inequality? A 20-Year Retrospective Analysis Based on 39,980 Students' Perceptions of Physical Education in Sweden
Quelle	In: Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 42 (2023) 2, S.371-382 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jansson, Alexander)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0273-5024
Schlagwörter	Physical Education; Gender Differences; Equal Education; Gender Bias; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Student Characteristics; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Athletics; Participation; Instructional Program Divisions; Age Differences; Grade 6; Grade 9; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Geschlechterstereotyp; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Leichtathletik; Teilnahme; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Schweden
Abstract	Purpose: The aim of this study was to critically examine previous studies' claims about the magnitude of gender differences and gender inequality in physical education (PE) in Sweden. Method: The data were based on students' (N = 39,980) perceptions of PE and were gathered from four large research projects in Sweden. Three effect size measures (Cramer's V, r squared, and Cohen's d) were calculated for gender differences. Results: In general, there are small gender differences; and after controlling for students' grade, "sports capital," and parents' "educational capital," the differences are practically irrelevant. Conclusion: This study provides compelling evidence that there are small, or even irrelevant, gender differences in students' perceptions of PE in Sweden. Moreover, given that previous research asserts that large gender differences can be used as an indicator of inequality, this study suggests that gender inequality issues related to students' perceptions of PE are relatively small. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01