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Frank Isenberg (Fli7901)
Junior Member
Username: Fli7901
Post Number: 4
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 7:43 am: |       |
I'm a student in college, who is observing a 7th grade co-ed class. During my experiences, I've noticed that many of the girls do not fully participate. What are some strategies that would help foster more female participation in a co-ed setting? And do you think that co-ed classes, at this level, are more detrimental or beneficial than same sex classes? |
Lauren DeCeia (Deceia9)
Junior Member
Username: Deceia9
Post Number: 4
Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 8:57 am: | |
One strategy that was used in my high school was incorporating activities that girls tend to like more than the usual flag football, soccer, etc. Step classes, aerobic machines, and work-out videos usually seem to have the girls participating more. Another way of getting the girls involved is to ask them for feedback or ideas of what they would like to do. |
Joe Herzog (Bigfish344)
Advanced Member
Username: Bigfish344
Post Number: 52
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 8:06 pm: | |
I've said this many times before, physical educators tend to rely too much on team sports. Team sports are O.K. if you modify them, downsize them and NOT make the final score important. What is important is activity, learning and promoting the desire to continue being physical activity down the road. Dual and individual activities do a better job of this. As a result of earlier language development, girls learn to be more effectively social at an earlier age and tend to be not view competition as a necessity, though they certainly are very competitive in the appropriate situation. We should learn from them. We developed an effective activity choice program for about 2/3 of our school year. The kids were very involved and discipline problems virtually disappeared. We had a mix of team, individual and dual sports but 2/3 of the choice activities were indiv. or dual. Dance, archery, plyometrics, fly fishing, croquet/bocce ball/horseshoes, ultimate frisbee, Project Adventure games, Fencing all a part of the program. |
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