2023 Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 59-75
This study explores the relationship between the sexist culture of school athletic club (SAC) activities and physical education (PE) teaching aspirations. The working hypotheses are: (1) Various experiences in SAC activities are related to PE teacher aspiration and mediated by the SAC coach aspiration, (2) Bonding with a male PE teacher through SAC activities is related to PE teacher aspiration, (3) Sexist culture in SAC activities is related to PE teacher aspiration.
This study used data from two online surveys conducted from February to March, 2021 (Survey 1) and April to July, 2021 (Survey 2) among undergraduate and graduate students who had attended junior high and high schools in Japan. Response links were distributed through e-mail or LINE in Survey 1 and university classes in Survey 2. The link was distributed to approximately 4,600 people, and 1,152 responded.
Binominal logistic regression analysis results with PE teacher aspiration as the dependent variable and the mediation analysis using the KHB method with SAC coach aspiration as the mediating variable supported the first and second hypotheses but not the third. In addition, this analysis suggested that SAC coach aspiration strongly determines PE teacher aspiration. Furthermore, multinomial logistic regression analysis results indicated that experiences with sexist culture in SAC affect coaching aspirations. This result suggests that sexism in SAC activities may influence PE teachers' stereotypical gender views via coaching aspiration. Therefore, the process of socialization of PE teachers as coaches may include opportunities for the formation of stereotypical gender views.
