Incompatible? Compulsory mixed-sex physical education initial teacher training (PEITT) and the inclusion of Muslim women: A case-study on seeking solutions

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-200

  Benn, Tansin ^a   Dagkas, Symeon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exclusion; Initial Teacher Training (ITT); Islamophobia; Muslim women; Physical education (PE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548632679     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: 17412749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X06065181     Document Type: Article

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