A student's choice: Enrollment in elective physical education
Lauren Sulz, University of Victoria

Physical education (PE) is a critical setting to promote physical activity. However, when PE becomes an optional subject enrollment decreases. This study explores factors that influence adolescents' intention to enroll in elective PE. Focus group interviews identified factors influencing enrollment intention. Factors were categorized as individual or social environmental. Individual factors included: past experience, self-efficacy, class schedule, and knowledge of the PE course. Social environmental factors included the influence of parents, friends, teammates/coaches, teachers, course curriculum, and community activity opportunities. By understanding what influences students' enrollment, specific factors can be targeted, which in turn should increase enrollment in elective PE.

A quest for knowledge: Designing inquiry-based learning experiences using information technology
Jillian Marie Hoogland, University of Manitoba

Information technology has come to play an important role in the lives of today's teachers and students. One instructional strategy, which relies on the use of information technology, is a WebQuest. This research will focus on how WebQuests can be used effectively as an educational strategy to help students deepen their understanding of a particular topic. The implications for students and teachers, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of using WebQuests, will also be discussed. Finally, an example of a WebQuest, entitled ‘The Red River Floodway', will be presented.

Safe spaces: heterosexism and education
Patrick Sebastian Tomczyk, University of Calgary

This poster creates an awareness for 'Homosexuality and Education'.

Gidakiiminaan - Our relationship to the land
Sarah M. McGimpsey, Marcia Jayne Novo, Andrea Rose Whaley and Kristin Erickson, University College of the North

Gidakiiminaan is the element of the Anishinabe Pedagogy that focuses on connecting to the land. Our relationship with the land is rarely at the centre of traditional education. Adopting Aboriginal perspectives within the current education system will benefit all students. While more emphasis is being placed on teaching social, ecological, environmental, and economical interactions, the classroom is not always the best setting to convey these concepts. We believe an effective way to engage students is by immersing them in the natural environment. This approach would incorporate multiple learning objectives, learning styles, and provide students with meaningful and memorable experiences. Students will be engaged in learning while obtaining variety of lifelong values, knowledge and skills.

Pre-service teachers: Reflections on the integration of ICT into a science teacher education program
Sun Joo Hur and George H. Buck, University of Alberta

This poster reports on a case study that explored and examined the views of secondary pre-service science teachers about their learning experiences regarding the integration of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) into the science teacher education program in a large western Canadian university. Data were collected via surveys, interviews and classroom observations. While most students desired to integrate ICT into their teaching, their views about how to do it differed. The role of the instructor was crucial in creating a space that provided the pre-service teachers with practical experiences and reflective practice.

Creating spaces that reduce stress and anxiety in physical education
Gregory Rickwood, University of Victoria

Some students experience heightened anxiety during physical education lessons due to the public nature of participation. This can be particularly true for students who perceive there is a mismatch between their skill level and activity requirements. The aim of this presentation is to provide an evidence-based synthesis of the relationship between anxiety and physical activity among school-aged children and to describe efficacious pedagogical practices that may ameliorate anxiety by reducing or removing potential stressors in physical education. In addition, specific strategies for students with developmental coordination disorder will be presented as students with DCD often experience anxiety in physical activity contexts.

Teaching behaviours: Organization in the classroom
Megan Large, University of Victoria

This poster addresses a teacher's questions related to organization within the PE environment. The poster will highlight aspects of organization that were observed through UVic's unique School Integrated Teacher Education (SITE) program. Pictures and some diagrams will be posted as well, to have a visual understanding of organization within the classroom.