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Exploring gender habits: A practical epistemology analysis of exergaming in school
Univeristy of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden.
Örebro universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8748-8843
2019 (English)In: European Physical Education Review, ISSN 1356-336X, E-ISSN 1741-2749, Vol. 25, no 4, p. 1176-1192Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Digitisation is an ongoing process in society as well as in physical education (PE) and research has identified digital technologies as a trend that influences the PE curriculum. A number of studies have explored the topic from different angles, although very few have empirically looked at the critical aspects of digitised PE in educational practice. This is particularly striking when it comes to issues of gender. Against this background, the aim of the paper is to explore gender habits in a digitised PE practice. A transactional approach, drawing on the work of the pragmatist feminist Shannon Sullivan, is used in the study. The data consists of video- and audio-recordings of ongoing video gaming organised by the PE teacher. A practical epistemology analysis is employed to explore the teenagers’ gender habits in depth. In the analysis, it is clear that the use of exergames in school reinforces traditional gender habits, rather than weakening them. This is particularly evident when the teenagers play in single sex groups. This is also the case when playing in mixed gender groups, although here some changes in gender habits can be identified. However, gender habits are not easily transformed and the findings support the argument that deliberate teaching is important when issues of gender are raised in practice.

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Sage Publications , 2019. Vol. 25, no 4, p. 1176-1192
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Gender habits, digital technologies, exergames, youth, practical epistemology analysis
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Educational Sciences
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Sports Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-7243DOI: 10.1177/1356336X18810023ISI: 000486166500016OAI: oai:DiVA.org:gih-7243DiVA, id: diva2:1705684
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Swedish Research CouncilAvailable from: 2022-10-24 Created: 2022-10-24

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