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Discrimination in Physical Education

A broad legal framework was established many years ago to fight discrimination and penalize it when it occurs. A broad range of discrimination is prohibited by the 1945 United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, the European Convention of Human Rights of 1950, and the International Convention for the elimination of all the forms of discrimination of 1965. These major principles were reaffirmed in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union of 7 December 2000 and the Lisbon Treaty (signed 13 December 2007) amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community. Many European directives and national legislations on the subject should be emphasized, particularly regarding affirmative action (or positive discrimination). Within this, we have the right to get an education free of illegal discrimination. Education discrimination can happen both in public and private schools ; colleges and universities ; and in trade, technical, professional or business schools. In this paper we will discuss the opinions of third year students of the Faculty of Kinesiology (N=100) regarding discrimination appearances in teaching physical education. Emphasis is placed on perceiving physical differences and abilities between genders. We address the ways in which unequal power relations between genders have pervaded the structure, organization, and language of physical education. The right to education encompasses the obligation to rule out discrimination in education and set minimum standards of quality in it.

discrimination ; the right to education ; attitudes ; physical education ; teacher education ; quality of education

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