activist approach

Stereotypical Views of Beauty and Boys STILL Not Letting Girls Play

Stereotypical Views of Beauty and Boys STILL Not Letting Girls Play

Marginalized students have experienced great barriers to enter the context of physical activity in schools as inequality in education has risen. Girls experience these barriers solely due to their gender. These barriers are discussed in this entry with an overview of the article Stereotypical Views of Beauty and Boys STILL Not Letting Girls Play: A Student-Centered Curriculum for Young Girls Through an After-School Activist Approach through a feminist poststructuralist lens. The research was conducted in the after school GIRL program at Waterfalls Elementary school. Through an activist approach, student voices were heard in curricular decision making and relationships were built throughout the school year in an attempt to create a sense of safety within the classroom.

Enacting a body-focused curriculum with young girls through an activist approach: Leveraging the after-school space

Enacting a body-focused curriculum with young girls through an activist approach: Leveraging the after-school space

This entry provides an overview of the after-school curriculum referred to as GIRL (Gaining Insight through Reflexive Learning) through an activist approach (Meza & Marttinen, 2019). Two coaches worked together to develop a safe and supportive environment establishing a trusting relationship with the students. As a result, effective teacher practice through an activist student-centered approach was able to strengthen the relationship between the girls and physical activity bridging towards lifetime physical activity and literacy.