TITLE:
Body Proximity in PSE Sessions, in Arab-Muslim Countries: Case of Tunisia
AUTHORS:
Ben Chaifa Mounira, Abdelmajid Naceur, Elloumi Mohamed
KEYWORDS:
Proxemic Categorization, Didactic Distance, Professional Seniority, Gender, PSE
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Physical Education,
Vol.8 No.1,
February
13,
2018
ABSTRACT: Physical education and sport (PSE), discipline of education, is based on the use of the physical motority. This particularity will confront the actors to emotionally charged situations. For our study,we look for the impact of gender and seniority of PSE teacher on the interpersonal distances observed during the PSE sessions. We have collaborated with 20 PSE teachers and 10 student trainees undergoing initial training in secondary schools. We made video recordings of PSE sessions, and 2 interviews with each registered teacher. Our results show that intervention strategies during the practical sessions are marked by regularity and typicalityof use on the part of EPS teachers,the use of the same proxemic categorizations in the teaching practices. The teachers approach the student for the individual correction and they move away to observe the whole class. However, teachers remain vigilant for the safety of pupils and especially for girls.