中学校保健体育教師の男女共習体育授業に対する認識に関する一考察：体育教師の職業的社会化の視点から

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The purpose of this study is to understand the current issues and point out the problems of coeducational physical education classes in Japan by clarifying the perceptions of junior high school physical education teachers regarding coed physical education classes.

We surveyed 250 junior high school physical education teachers. The results show that junior high school physical education teachers’ approval or disapproval of coed physical education classes is a non-significant association between their age, gender, or teaching career. However, the approval or disapproval is significantly associated with their own experience of coed physical education classes when they were junior high school students and the actual implementation of coeducational physical education classes. These results suggest that the junior high school physical education teacher’s experiences as students before entering the teacher-training course influenced the perceptions of coed physical education classes. And it indicates professional socialization does not have significant effects on their perceptions of coed physical education classes.

Among those who take the affirmative position on the coed physical education classes, some physical education teachers state that the reason for this is that students can learn about opposite-sex gender roles like “strength” and “litheness”. In addition, those who take the against position on the coed physical education classes argued that there are differences in body build and athletic ability between boys and girls, and it is tough to teach students in the adolescent stage of development. It suggests that they do not have sufficient opportunities to acquire knowledge of gender and the skill to plan and conduct coed physical education classes in occupational socialization as a physical education teacher.

Consequently, while it is important to find “how to implement” the coed physical education classes, the results imply the need for ensuring that physical education teachers and Pre-service physical education teachers get opportunities to learn about the purpose and value of coed physical education classes and specialized information about gender.