Girly girls can play games / las niñas pueden jugar tambien: Co-creating a curriculum of possibilities with fifth-grade girls

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-110

  Oliver, Kimberly L ^a   Hamzeh, Manal ^a   Nate McCaughtry, ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activist research; Agency; Child designed games; Mexican american girls; Physical education; Race and gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849150346     PISSN: 02735024     EISSN: 15432769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.28.1.90     Document Type: Article

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