'They Ought to Enjoy Physical Activity, You Know?': Struggling with Fun in Physical Education

Abstract

Many physical educators in Canadian Atlantic provinces are forced to cope with large classes, inadequate facilities and equipment, and reductions in scheduled time for physical education classes. These factors seriously inhibit teachers' attempts to encourage their students to practice physically active lifestyles. In the following article our research focuses on how seven female physical educators negotiate compromises between their restrictive pedagogical environments and their goal of helping students to establish lifelong activity habits through promotion of fun in physical education class.