Alla ska vara med! : även muslimska kvinnor i simning

Sammanfattning: Aim and questions Aim: To investigate participation of muslim women in swimming education in secondary school subject sports and health. Questions: Which experiences do women with a muslim background have of swimming education? What obstacles or possibilities do women with a muslim background have for participation in swimming education? Method The study was conducted with semi-structured interviews. The interviews where conducted on acquaintances of acquaintances, whom all where women with a muslim background. Subsequently, the interviews were transcribed and analyzed based on a theoretical model consisting of categories related to the two issues in this study. Previous research where also used in the same way, which highlighted the area of this study. Results The result indicated that our participants had a positive experience of their swimming classes. The biggest factor to this positive experience however where the schools ability to organize separate classes to those who could not participate in the common ones. When a school did not organize separate classes, our participants generally face two options. Either not to participate and risk not getting a grade, or to challenge their principles and participate anyway, which could lead to bad experiences. Conclusions Separate classes where the key to participation amongst the participants in our study. There where both obstacles and possibilities affecting the degree of which separate classes where necessary and the participants were divided on the topic of who were responsible to adapt in the situation.