High School students’ experiences of being ‘seen’ by their physical education teachers

The study examines the association between students’ level of physical fitness and experiences of being ‘seen’ by their physical education (PE) teachers, by interviewing 26 high school students (13 with low physical fitness, and 13 with high physical fitness). The analyses indicated that being ‘seen’ in PE seems to be related to experienced opportunities for students to display their skills, teachers’ caring behaviours, feedback from teachers,...