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Kayla Rodhe (Kayla_rodhe)
Junior Member
Username: Kayla_rodhe
Post Number: 2
Registered: 10-2011
| | Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 - 5:48 pm: |       |
Many schools around the country require males and females to take physical education courses together. Some students can benefit from this in a sense that they find it competetive and enjoyable. On the other hand there are many others who feel uncomfortable participating in activities with the opposite sex. I recently have heard of some high schools who offer same sex physical education courses. Do you think that this would be beneficial for middle school and or high school aged students as far as comfortability in the physical education setting? |
Brittany Perry (Bperry1122)
Junior Member
Username: Bperry1122
Post Number: 5
Registered: 2-2012
| | Posted on Friday, March 02, 2012 - 8:17 am: | |
I think that it would make them more comfortable, but I believe that we should be able to have a co-ed physical education course. We are teaching the children by separating them that it is ok to separate yourself from others just because you are not as good as another. This brings in a diversity factor because we need to teach the children that it is okay to work with the opposite sex. |
Kyle Askins (Kyle_askins)
Junior Member
Username: Kyle_askins
Post Number: 4
Registered: 2-2012
| | Posted on Friday, March 02, 2012 - 11:11 am: | |
I see no good reason to separate the genders in anything let alone physical education class. As physical educators, it is our job to not only instruct our students in the cognitive and psychomotor domains, but also in the affective domain. Physical education needs to involve cooperation and interaction between all manners of people, including gender. In the real world, people are going to have to deal with the other gender whether its comfortable to them or not, and to allow young people to avoid social interaction with the other gender in any area of life, I believe would make a negative impact upon them for the rest of their lives. If students have a problem when encountering the opposite sex, whether its related to physical education class or not, it is a teachers duty to help the students resolve these issues, not ignore them. How can we send students out into the world knowing that they are unable to (in even one small way) interact with half of the population of the planet? By keeping the genders together, we as teachers can show students how to work and play together appropriately and in companionship. Sure we can let our students be comfortable now in class, but shouldn't we be teaching them how to become comfortable and successful for the rest of their lives? |
steve acree (Stephenpe)
Junior Member
Username: Stephenpe
Post Number: 3
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 05, 2012 - 11:43 am: | |
Kyle, I am an old guy but when I was in jr high
I had one thing on my mind (and many of my friends were the same). We did coed ping pong and that was about it. My elementary PE is all coed. I think it depends on the age and the games you play. I think it is great to have them compete together but sometimes you do them both a favor having them separate. Some kids are really self conscience about their bodies and abilities at
middle school age. |
Miranda Gray (Graymiranda15)
Junior Member
Username: Graymiranda15
Post Number: 5
Registered: 2-2012
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2012 - 10:19 am: | |
I believe that same sex physical education would be beneficial in more way than one. First, it would increase a girl’s comfort. Males may become more competitive and females may become more willing to actually work-out and get "sweaty". Girls wouldn’t be embarrassed about how they look. It would also be effective when teaching parts of health education. If health at your school is taught in practice with your physical education class, then having them divided would be beneficial when it came time to explain certain gender-based topics. |
Kyle Askins (Kyle_askins)
Junior Member
Username: Kyle_askins
Post Number: 6
Registered: 2-2012
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2012 - 8:51 pm: | |
I did come off rather strong (for that I apologize), but I do see the points that have been made. Middle school years can be rough on a lot of kids, and certain health education subjects would definitely be best to have separated, I agree. So I guess whether a school is able to separate the genders for a couple of years or just separate classes for a few days here and there, it wouldn't hurt...In the end, my main point is just that the teachers should (splitting classes or not) put a strong emphasis on how to best interact together while in physical education class, since the gender issues will not all, or not completely, go away even after middle school years. |
Michelle Hren (Mlh1264)
Junior Member
Username: Mlh1264
Post Number: 2
Registered: 10-2012
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - 12:19 pm: | |
In my opinion PE classes should all be co-ed. I've never been in a gender-separated class for anything and I never felt uncomfortable being around guys and girls. I agree that middle school is often a really rough period for many kids but it is important for them to be confident in themselves around members of the opposite sex. Girls who don't want to get sweaty in phys ed class most likely won't want to participate more in a segregated classroom because as soon as that period is over they will rejoin co-ed academic classrooms. I think that when students can participate in a co-ed setting they will develop social skills necessary to interact with all kinds of people. |
kara will (Kwill)
Junior Member
Username: Kwill
Post Number: 4
Registered: 2-2013
| | Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 7:13 am: | |
This is very interesting as I teach middle school and high school. I have found that when a class seems to have differences that may seem gender oriented, they are usually more competitive and non-competitive in terms of differences. Gender may not have anything to do with it. I come across many non-competitive males and very competitive females, that when you separate the activities and students by competitive and non-comptetitive a positive result is had by most. |
