Student Reflections on Urban Physical Education and Involvement in College Physical Activity

Jeremy Lackman, Jepkorir "Rose" Chepyator-Thomson

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The purpose of this study was to understand freshman college students’ reflections on urban high school physical education (PE) programs and to discern the extent to which their experiences influenced college physical activity. Sixteen university freshman students enrolled in a college PE class who had taken at least one high school PE class in an urban school setting were interviewed. Data collection methods included open-ended semi-structured qualitative interviews. Using constant comparative analysis, the reflective findings of the study revealed that students who had positive experiences had increased college physical activity involvement.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5430/irhe.v4n2p1

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