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Contextual Hoops and Hurdles: Workplace Conditions in Secondary Physical Education
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Social ContextPhysical ActivityEducational PsychologyWork-integrated LearningEducationContext AnalysisContextual HoopsTeacher EducationPhysical EducationHealth SciencesContextual FactorsWorkplace LearningContextual InfluencesEducational ContextInhibit TeachersPerformance StudiesContextual IssueSecondary EducationParticular SchoolContext Model
Contextual factors in the workplace can either enhance or inhibit teachers' ability to do their job. Oakes (1989) emphasized the importance of contextual factors in the workplace, stating, because classroom take place within a particular school, the characteristics of the school affect the nature of those interactions (p. 183). Goodlad, Soder, and Sirotnik (1990) summarized the impact of contextual factors in the following statements: