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Article: Modifying flag football for gender equitable engagement in secondary schools.(Report)
- Article from:
- Physical Educator
- Article date:
- March 22, 2008
- Author:
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Abstract
Flag or touch football is a popular activity unit in American secondary physical education curricula. However, unlike other sports its stigmatization as a masculine-typed activity and frequent inequitable distribution of game play opportunities at the skill positions (e.g., receiver, quarterback) results in the marginalization of female students. This article synthesizes the literature concerning the teaching and learning of football in order to make a point that without major modifications, many female students will not enjoy football nor will they improve their skill execution and tactical understanding. The article continues with organizational, ...
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