Body Image: Complexity and Conflict within the Classroom Teacher

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2013-02
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Jestadt, Toni Leigh
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Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina
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The role of the teacher in educating and socializing children is an extremely important one. The beliefs and understandings that a teacher possesses impact her behaviors and practices. In turn, the classroom and its pupils are also impacted. It is therefore important to consider that the ways in which a teacher’s definition of body image, understanding of her own body image, and perceived role with respect to the curriculum will have an impact on the beliefs and values of her students. This thesis examines health teachers’ positions in relation to body image to better understand what teachers bring to their teaching of body image, and to their interactions with adolescent students. It analyzes five female health teachers’ interview responses to explore the understandings and meanings they attach to body image. Three key themes emerged: The complexity of body image, the conflicted perceptions of the curriculum as related to health and body image, and the lived experience of the teacher.

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A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Education In Educational Psychology University of Regina. vii, 89 l.
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