Open AccessSelf Image and Physical Education- A Phenomenological Study
Author(s) -
Renée PerrinWallqvist,
Eva Segolsson Carlsson
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2011.1114
Subject(s) - contemplation , psychology , self image , phenomenology (philosophy) , self concept , context (archaeology) , interpretative phenomenological analysis , social psychology , empirical research , phenomenon , self , developmental psychology , qualitative research , pedagogy , epistemology , sociology , social science , paleontology , philosophy , biology
In this study our aim was to investigate (a) how the awareness of one's self-image reveals itself as a phenomenon, and (b) if self-image is influenced by physical education in a social context with teachers and pupils. Six pupils, aged 15 and 16 years, attending compulsory school were interviewed with the use of an empirical phenomenological psychological method. The Empirical Phenomenological Psychological (EPP) analysis of the interviews resulted in two main themes in terms of self-concepts: self-image as self-contemplation and the factors of influence upon a pupil's self-image in physical education each with three subthemes. We end with a discussion about the different aspects on the noetic and the noematic perspectives on self-image and self-contemplation.