Physical education-related home–school collaboration: The experiences of parents of children with disabilities

In this hermeneutic phenomenological study, we describe the physical education (PE)-related home–school collaboration as experienced by parents of children with disabilities. We further explore which conditions parents experienced as either promoting or inhibiting the collaborative relationship and how they became involved in school activities to secure quality education in PE. The data consisted of 25 semi-structured interviews with parents of children with disabilities. Inductive thematic analysis generated five themes: (1) lack of PE-related information; (2) contradictory expectations; (3) competence and continuous systematic communication; (4) involvement in school-based activity; and (5) navigating the system. PE was often absent in the formal collaboration between home and school. The conditions emphasised as inhibiting collaboration were lack of information, contradictory expectations, conflict over resources and short-sighted planning. The promoting conditions were continuous systematic communication, trust in the competencies of the school personnel, and joint problem solving and collaboration among professionals. The study illuminates the ways in which parents informally involved themselves in their children’s education and their use of various strategies to promote participation and quality in PE.

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Gender Participation and Preference: A Multiple-Case Study on Teaching Circus at PE in Brazilians Schools

Frontiers in Education ◽

10.3389/feduc.2020.572577 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

Author(s):

Marco Antonio Coelho Bortoleto ◽

Teresa Ontañón Barragán ◽

Leonora Tanasovici Cardani ◽

Alisan Funk ◽

Caroline Capellato Melo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Elementary Schools ◽

Physical Education ◽

School Administrators ◽

Behavior Modeling ◽

After School ◽

Gender Inequalities ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Gender Preferences ◽

School Activities ◽

And Gender

Introduction: After more than a decade monitoring physical education instruction in Brazilian elementary schools we noticed an exponential increase in circus activities in both curricular physical education (PE) and in after-school programs. The purpose of this study was to analyze the children's participation and gender preferences in circus activities, with regard to recent studies reporting substantial gender inequalities in Brazilian PE.Method: A qualitative study, based on multiple-cases design, was conducted in two public and six private Brazilian elementary schools. Data collection consisted of 17 semi-structured interviews with PE teachers and school administrators and in situ observations totalizing more than 130 h. The data were analyzed using Content Analysis (thematic categories).Results: Boys and girls showed high participation levels in both curricular and extracurricular PE circus activities. In grades 1–5, participant activity preference was not linked to gender in either curricular or extracurricular situations and overall physical engagement was high. Gender preferences between activities were identified in grades 6–12: girls for aerial activities (trapeze, silks) and boys for juggling activities. Teacher preferences played an important role in the process of linking activities to specific genders both through modeled behavior and gendered encouragement of participants.Conclusion: Circus instruction engages children of all genders and is thereby an effective activity to counter low participation in PE for boys and, especially, girls. Although circus activities are not inherently gendered, gender preferences are cultivated by teachers through gendered behavior modeling (their activity preferences) and encouragement strategies (guiding students to activities based on gender), which is often observed in traditional PE school activities and sports.

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Physical Activity Experiences of Women Aging with Disabilities

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly ◽

10.1123/apaq.21.2.122 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 122-138 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Donna L. Goodwin ◽

Scott G. Compton

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Physical Disabilities ◽

Medical Model ◽

Acquired Brain Injury ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽

Cord Injury ◽

Experiences Of Women ◽

Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study

This hermeneutic phenomenological study sought to understand the experiences of physical activity and aging with a disability. Six women with physical disabilities, including cerebral palsy (n = 2), acquired brain injury (n = 1), and spinal cord injury (n = 3), and between the ages of 22-37 years (mean age = 28 years) participated in the study. Their experiences were captured by way of semi-structured interviews. Each participant completed two interviews that were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. The thematic analysis revealed three themes: experiencing something normal, loss of physical freedom, and maintaining function through physical activity. Implications of the findings were discussed within the context of health promotion and Verbrugge and Jette’s (1994) socio-medical model of disablement.

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Parents of Students with Disabilities Views in Learning Physical Education in Special Needs School

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2020.4285 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Dena Widyawan ◽

Amung Ma'mun ◽

Berliana Rahely ◽

Yudy Hendrayana

Keyword(s):

Physical Education ◽

Special Needs ◽

Students With Disabilities ◽

Teacher Collaboration ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Home School ◽

Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽

Men 2 ◽

Learning Development ◽

Additional Support

The objective of this study was to find out the experience and parents’ participation in Physical Education from the view of the parents of students with disabilities. This study applied a hermeneutic phenomenological qualitative method. The sample of this study was parents of students with disabilities in Special Needs School. 5 people (3 men, 2 women) who were selected as a sample using the purposeful sampling technique. The instrument was used from a previous study which used Seidman’s interviewing guidelines (Seidman, 1998). The findings show that that parents were actively involved in students’ learning in the various environments: at home, school and community and involved through continuous communication and active participation both at school and outside of school. Parents-teacher collaboration strongly supports Physical Education and promotes student learning development. All parents appreciated the benefits of inclusion and physical activities. These findings provide additional support to the need of developing home-school collaboration in Physical Education.

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Exploration of rural physicians’ lived experience of practising outside their usual scope of practice to provide access to essential medical care (clinical courage): an international phenomenological study

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037705 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. e037705

Author(s):

Jill Konkin ◽

Laura Grave ◽

Ella Cockburn ◽

Ian Couper ◽

Ruth Alison Stewart ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Care ◽

Lived Experience ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Primary Outcome Measure ◽

Read Aloud ◽

Scope Of Practice ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Rural Medicine ◽

Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽

Standing Up

ObjectivesRural doctors describe consistent pressure to provide extended care beyond the limits of their formal training in order to meet the needs of the patients and communities they serve. This study explored the lived experience of rural doctors when they practise outside their usual scope of practice to provide medical care for people who would otherwise not have access to essential clinical services.DesignA hermeneutic phenomenological study.SettingAn international rural medicine conference.ParticipantsAll doctors attending the conference who practised medicine in rural/remote areas in a predominantly English-speaking community were eligible to participate; 27 doctors were recruited.InterventionsSemi-structured interviews were conducted. The transcripts were initially read and analysed by individual researchers before they were read aloud to the group to explore meanings more fully. Two researchers then reviewed the transcripts to develop the results section which was then rechecked by the broader group.Primary outcome measureAn understanding of the lived experiences of clinical courage.ResultsParticipants provided in-depth descriptions of experiences we have termed clinical courage. This phenomenon included the following features: Standing up to serve anybody and everybody in the community; Accepting uncertainty and persistently seeking to prepare; Deliberately understanding and marshalling resources in the context; Humbly seeking to know one’s own limits; Clearing the cognitive hurdle when something needs to be done for your patient; Collegial support to stand up again.ConclusionThis study elucidated six features of the phenomenon of clinical courage through the narratives of the lived experience of rural generalist doctors.

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Emotion work: an exploratory Study of Experiences Among Family Law Practitioners

10.7190/shu-thesis-00358 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

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Andrea Subryan

Keyword(s):

Professional Identity ◽

Incidental Learning ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Family Law ◽

Identity Conflict ◽

Display Rules ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽

Workplace Experiences ◽

Display Rule

Family law practitioners can potentially experience display rule conflict in the workplace. Such conflicts result when family law practitioners comply with competing display rules from their profession, their organisation, and their clients. Research relating to display rule conflict is in its infancy. The phenomenon of display rule conflict was explored to contribute to knowledge in the literature and to inform family law practitioners of such conflicts and how to cope with them. To this end, a hermeneutic phenomenological study was conducted on family law practitioners' workplace experiences of display rule conflict. Two sociocultural theories, professional identity theory and community of coping theory, underpinned this study. Semi-structured interviews of ten family law practitioners comprising partners, solicitors, and paralegals provided data which were analysed by inductive thematic analysis and qualitative hermeneutic phenomenology. Findings revealed four themes: expectations, professional identity, support by offloading, and learning. Furthermore, all participants experienced emotional complexities, tensions and conflicts when they complied with competing expectations to manage and display appropriate emotions during interactions with stakeholders in accordance with diverse formal and informal display rules. Additionally, family law practitioners formed and participated in communities of coping as a means of dealing with display rule conflict. The theme, learning, threaded through the other themes where incidental learning in communities of coping or intended learning in communities of practice were of significant value to participants in this study. It is through learning that family law practitioners were able to recognise expectations from stakeholders and display rule conflicts in various forms and find ways of coping with such conflicts. Time constraints, identity conflict, and power status factors influenced the extent to which knowledge was shared in communities to negotiate the professional identity of the family law practitioners and to uphold perceived power imbalances in the workplace.

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Adaptive Coping Strategies in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury: A Phenomenological Study

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology ◽

10.32598/ijpcp.26.3.2975.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 478-489

Author(s):

Mahmood Shamshiri ◽

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Behzad Eskandar Oghli ◽

Maryam Vafaee ◽

Behnam Molaei ◽

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Keyword(s):

Spinal Cord ◽

Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽

Cord Injury ◽

Common Causes ◽

Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study ◽

Coping Factor

Objectives: Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is one of the most common causes of disability worlwide. Perception of coping strategies is important in these patients. This study aims to investigate the coping strategies in patients with SCI. Methods: This is a hermeneutic phenomenological study using van Mann’s approach. participants werre 15 adults (4 females, 11 males) with SCI living in Ardail, Iran who were recruited using a purposive sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. Interviews were recoreded and then transcribed and finally analyzed by using the thematic analysis approach proposed by van Mann. Results: The lived experiences related to coping strategies in patients were summarized in six main themes including acceptence of the incurability, desire for being independent, praying for divine help, patience & persuasion, time as a coping factor, and marriage. Conclusion: Patients with SCI use their own strategies to cope with their disability. Therefore, it is necessary for clinicians and psychiatrists to strengthen their coping strategies to help them better adapt to their injury

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Social construction of the experience of living with chronic kidney disease

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/1518-8345.2439.3028 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Claudia Andrea Ramírez-Perdomo ◽

Mari Carmen Solano-Ruíz

Keyword(s):

Chronic Kidney Disease ◽

Kidney Disease ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Economic Status ◽

Ethics Committee ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽

The Individual ◽

The University ◽

Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the experience of people living with Chronic Kidney Disease who have been transplanted, from the meanings constructed based on the experienced phenomenon. Method: Hermeneutic-phenomenological study based on the five lifeworld existentials, according to Van Manen’s theoretical framework. Eleven transplanted patients participated in the study and data collection was carried out through semi-structured interviews, after approval of the study by the Ethics Committee of the University of Antioquia. Results: The theme of Living with Chronic Kidney Disease emerged, and the subthemes were grouped as lifeworld existentials of Temporality: something unexpected, being present and not seeing it, being young and sick. Relationality: support, feeling stuck and Terminal Chronic Renal Failure. Spatiality: changes in life, sadness and depression. Corporeality: body deterioration and changes in sex life. Materiality: effects on the economic status. Conclusions: The care provided to people must be oriented in order to recognize their individualities, understanding what the illness means for the individual and his family, how they live with it and what the changes are, leading them to modify their lives and start a long process, such as living with a chronic disease.

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Educators Perspectives on the Value of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Fundamental Movement Skills for Early Years Foundation Stage Children in England

Children ◽

10.3390/children8050338 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 338

Author(s):

Alexandra Dobell ◽

Andy Pringle ◽

Mark A. Faghy ◽

Clare M. P. Roscoe

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Physical Education ◽

Early Years ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Stakeholder Views ◽

Movement Skills ◽

Fundamental Movement Skills ◽

Lack Of Information ◽

The Impact

There is a lack of information available for physical education (PE) provision in the early years foundation stage (EYFS), prompting concern about what is currently delivered in schools and the values behind the approaches taken. Using semi-structured interviews, this study investigated educators’ perspectives on the value of PE and physical activity (PA) for EYFS children across England in relation to opportunities for, barriers to, and benefits of PA and PE. This study collected important stakeholder views and can help shape the impact and implementation of fundamental movement skills (FMS) and PA interventions at the EYFS.

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Nurses’ experience of providing ethical care following an earthquake: A phenomenological study

Nursing Ethics ◽

10.1177/0969733020907952 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 911-923

Author(s):

Khalil Moradi ◽

Alireza Abdi ◽

Sina Valiee ◽

Soheila Ahangarzadeh Rezaei

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Spiritual Support ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Voluntary Work ◽

Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽

Information Gap ◽

Purposeful Sampling ◽

Ethical Care

Background Ethical care provided by nurses to earthquake victims is one of the main subjects in nursing profession. Objectives Given the information gap in this field, the present study is an attempt to explore the nurses’ experience of ethical care provided to victims of an earthquake. Research design and method A hermeneutic phenomenological study was performed. The participants were 16 nurses involved in providing care to the injured in Kermanshah earthquake, Iran. They were selected using purposeful sampling, and in-depth and semi-structured interviews were carried out. The transcribed interviews were analyzed based on the hermeneutic approach using the analysis method proposed by Diekelmann et al. Ethical considerations The study was approved by the Research Council and Ethics Committee of Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Findings Data analyses revealed four themes and 10 sub-themes that illustrated nurses’ experience of ethical care during earthquake. The themes were (1) Respecting humanistic values (sacrifice, stepping beyond task description, and voluntary work), (2) Commitment to ethics (honesty, confidentiality, and trustworthiness), (3) Respecting dignity of victims (respecting cultural values, maintaining privacy, having humanistic perspective, and effective communication), and (4) Spiritual support (helping patients to do religious rituals Psychological support). Conclusion The results showed the nurses’ experience with providing care to earthquake victims. The findings underlined ethics and ethical values in providing nursing care during disasters. It is suggested that special courses on the importance of nursing ethics in critical situations be incorporated into nursing curriculums and in-service educations.

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The podium illusion: a phenomenological study of the influence of social support on well-being and performance in elite para swimmers

BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation ◽

10.1186/s13102-021-00269-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Beth Aitchison ◽

Alison B. Rushton ◽

Paul Martin ◽

Andrew Soundy ◽

Nicola R. Heneghan

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Well Being ◽

Research Quality ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

New Model ◽

Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽

And Performance ◽

Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study ◽

Fourth Theme

Abstract Background The value of social support in enhancing performance is well established in non-impaired and sub-international level athletes with impairments. Despite this, no research to date has explored the experiences of social support in elite para-athletes. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of social support in elite British para-swimmers and the influence on their wellbeing and performance. Methods A hermeneutic phenomenological study involving semi-structured interviews was undertaken with 8 elite British para-swimmers (3 male, 5 female, mean age 24.9 years). Participants represented 5 para-swimming classes and all 10 of the International Paralympic Committee impairment categories. Data were analysed following a modified version of the Framework Method. Research quality and trustworthiness were ensured through employing techniques including data triangulation, member checking and reflexivity. Results Five themes and 11 sub-themes were generated. The five themes were: ‘the coach-athlete relationship’, ‘team bond’, ‘tangible aid’, ‘The Podium Illusion’ and ‘British para-swimming’. The overall findings and the magnitude of support mentioned in the fourth theme led to the development of a new model called ‘The Podium Illusion’ which reflects the magnitude of support that is available to elite para-swimmers to help maximise their performance and wellbeing. Conclusion Social support is essential for athlete wellbeing and performance. Findings underpin a new model, ‘The Podium Illusion’.

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