Methodology/Data Collection

Methodology/Data Collection

Interviewer: Do you enjoy your PE class?
Student 1-3: Yeah
Student 4” No
Interviewer: Why do you enjoy or not enjoy your PE class?
Student 1: It’s a time I can do what I like to do, I don’t want to sit in a class all day and have someone talk at me. I want to be able to do what I like. Gym is what I like.
Student 2: It’s the one class I’m not that bad at.
Student 3: We have fun…I like the games we play and stuff.
Student 4: “I don’t know anyone in my class and I don’t really like sports.
Interviewer: Do you feel safe and comfortable in your PE class?
Student 1: Yeah.
Student 2: Most of the time.
Student 3: Yeah.
Student 4: No.
Interviewer: Why do you not feel safe (at all or sometimes)?
Student 2: Sometimes you don’t want to mess with some people in class if they having a bad day. It’s just better not to get in their way. I don’t need anyone after me for class”
Student 4: I don’t want to be made fun of if I am not any good at stuff.”
Interviewer: Does this ever make you not want to participate?
Student 2: Yeah, sometimes it’s just easier not to.
Student 4: Yes.
Interviewer: If you could choose any activity to do in PE class, what would you choose?
Student 1: Basketball
Student 2: Football
Student 3: Jump Rope
Student 4: Dance
Interviewer: Do you have lacrosse or field hockey at your school or have you ever played lacrosse or field hockey in PE class?
Students 1-4: No.
Interviewer: Do you have an interest in either of those sports?
Students 1-4: No.
Have you done fitness testing and/or activities in which you can monitor your individual or team progress?
Student 1-3: Yeah.
Student 4: No.
Have you improved over time?
Student 1-3: Yeah
Interviewer: Can you give my an example and tell me how this made you feel?
Student 1: We did fitness testing in the beginning of the year and did the tests over after working out for a few weeks. I improved in every category except one, the flexibility one. I felt good (about myself), like I got a good grade or something. My teacher put us up on the wall if we improved and I did.
Student 2: We did team stuff for a couple of weeks. We stayed in the same teams and got to play all kinds of different games and sports and stuff. My team did pretty good. By the end we got better, we got used to working together and figured each other out like who was good at what things. It was a good time.
Student 3: We did competitions where we got to see what groups were the best at different relays and events. We won a couple. I got to be captain for some events. No one team did really better than the other. That’s what I like, the teams were fair and you had a chance to win them all. It wasn’t like ‘Oh, his teams gonna win so we don’t need to try.’ We all were close.