Adolescents' meaning-making experiences in physical education - in the transition from primary to secondary school

• Published in: Sport, education and society Vol. 25; no. 7; pp. 802 - 814
• Main Authors: Mikalsen, Hilde Kristin, Lagestad, Pål Arild
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 01.09.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescents; Athletics; Constructivism (Learning); Debates; Discourse; Early Adolescents; Exercise; Foreign Countries; identity; Identity formation; Meaning; meaning making; Modern society; physical activity; Physical Activity Level; Physical Education; Secondary education; Secondary School Students; Secondary Schools; Self Concept; Student Experience; Students; Teachers; Teenagers; Youth; Norway

The aim of the study is to shed light on how physical education (PE) is experienced among a varied group of adolescents in school, and to nurture debate related to the relationship between adolescents' lived experience of PE and their identity-formation processes. Nuanced insights can help to i...