Relationships  : Sports Time  
Approach: One to one
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Resources: 16 pictures of different sports; 3 cards with labels: girls, boys, girls and boys.

Questions / instructions:

Here are some labels that say     Girls Boys Girls and boys

 

 

Put them on the desk
I am going to give you some pictures that show some different sports.

Give the student the pictures
(keep back rugby picture).

sports cards 1sports cards 2

Look at each picture and think about who would be more likely to play this sport. Would it be girls, boys or both? Place each picture under the label where you think it belongs. Do that now.

Write student responses on recording sheet.
Where students responses are spread over two or more categories say:

Now let's look at each group.

Point to "boys" pile of cards.
1. Can you explain why boys are more likely than girls to play these sports?

Point to "girls" pile of cards.
2. Can you tell me why girls are more likely than boys to play these sports?

 

 mean score
y4
y8

Marked 1 if "Girls" chosen, 2 if "Girls and boys" chosen, 3 if "Boys" chosen.

Mean scores are calculated for both boys and girls: the closer the mean score is to 1, the more students labelled it as a girls sport; closer to 2 the more labelled it as a sport for both boys and girls; closer to 3, the more students labelled it as a boys sport.

SPORTS:

netball
dance
gymnastics
volleyball
badminton
trampolining
tennis
table tennis
swimming
skiing
hockey
softball
soccer
basketball
cricket


1.14
1.39
1.54
1.74
1.89
1.96
2.02
2.06
2.06
2.18
2.20
2.51
2.64
2.73
2.75

1.13
1.41
1.37
1.87
2.06
1.91
1.94
2.06
1.99
2.09
2.25
2.54
2.69
2.66
2.77

1.06
1.41
1.39
2.00
1.97
1.87
2.01
2.24
1.97
2.04
1.94
2.50
2.71
2.69
2.73
1.07
1.39
1.35
1.94
1.98
1.79
2.01
2.13
2.00
2.07
2.02
2.54
2.67
2.59
2.75

Show rugby picture
   rugby

3. Many people say that rugby is for boys, not girls. Do you agree with that?

4. Why?

% reponses
y4 y8
yes
35
36
 22 17
Commentary
The results show remarkable consistency across year 4 and year 8 in the views of boys and girls. All four groups classified netball, dance and gymnastics as predominantly girls sports, and cricket, basketball, soccer and softball as predominantly boys sports. The percentage viewing rugby as a boys sport declined from year 4 to year 8, and was relatively low. Many students gave as their reason the very recent success of the NZ women's team.

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