Masculinity construction and sports in boys’ education: a framework for thinking about the issue

Current debates about the role of sports in boys’ education are part of a larger discussion of men, boys and masculinities. In this paper I reflect on this debate and the research it has led to. I highlight questions of embodiment, of relations between different forms of masculinity, and questions of reproduction and change, in all of which the schools’ physical education curriculum is important. I suggest how we might use the new knowledge about gender construction to understand issues about practice-oriented subjects and undertake curriculum reform.