The Impact of an Early Field Experience on Preservice Physical Education Teachers’ Conceptions of Teaching

1996 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew D. Curtner-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Effective Teaching ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Critical Incident ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Early Field Experience ◽  
Pupil Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Impact

Much research on physical education preservice teachers’ (PTs) perceptions of effective teaching during early field experiences (EFEs) or student teaching has indicated a concern for keeping pupils well-behaved, busy, and happy (e.g., Placek, 1983). The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of an EFE, combined with a methods course developed from the knowledge base on effective teaching, on PT conceptions of the teaching-learning process. Data were collected using the critical incident technique (Flanagan, 1954) and a reflective questionnaire (O’Sullivan & Tsangaridou, 1992). PT responses were analyzed by employing Goetz and LeCompte’s (1984) analytic induction method. PTs were concerned with pupil learning or elements of teaching related to pupil learning, focused primarily on teaching technique, and believed that knowledge of sports and games was a vital component of teacher effectiveness, frequently mentioning that they were lacking in this area.

Preservice Teachers Learning about Students and the Teaching-Learning Process

2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Woods ◽  
Grace Goc Karp ◽  
Elizabeth Escamilla
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Teacher Research ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Peer Interactions ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Early Field Experience ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Curriculum Instruction ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Secondary Methods

This study engaged 26 preservice teachers (PTs) in research focused on students in a secondary methods course who had early field experience (EFE). The purposes of the study were (a) to determine what PTs learned about students in an early field experience (EFE) that engaged them in a structured teacher research project and (b) to examine how the teacher research process was used by PTs. Results indicated that questions about students became more refined and focused through the research process and that there were fluctuations between student-centered and teacher-centered questions during the EFE. The prevailing themes indicated that PTs came to know more about student motivation and interests, characteristics, and peer interactions. More importantly, much of their data challenged previous beliefs and assumptions about students, as PTs began making connections between their newfound knowledge of students and its implications for curriculum, instruction, and management decisions.

Impact of a Training Program on Preservice Teachers’ Ability to Negotiate With Elementary Students While Teaching Skill Themes

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Zachary Wahl-Alexander ◽  
Matthew Curtner-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Early Field Experience ◽  
Stimulated Recall ◽  
Program Components ◽  
Stimulated Recall Interviews ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: To determine the impact of a training program on the ability of preservice teachers (PTs) to negotiate with their students while teaching through the skill themes approach during an early field experience. Method: Participants were 11 PTs who were given specific training on how to negotiate with their students. Data on their ability to negotiate were collected during the early field experience with six qualitative techniques (journaling, document analysis, participant observation, and formal, informal, and stimulated recall interviews) and were analyzed using standard interpretive techniques. Findings: The training program was effective. Patterns of negotiation observed for both PTs and students improved as the PTs’ skill themes units progressed. The volume of positive negotiations increased and the volume of negative negotiations decreased. Key training program components were lecture/discussions, film, journaling, and role playing. Conclusions: Training PTs to negotiate can help them improve their teaching through the skill themes approach. Ability to negotiate may distinguish between effective and ineffective PTs who otherwise have similar pedagogical skills.

The Impact of a Critically Oriented Physical Education Teacher Education Course on Preservice Classroom Teachers

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew D. Curtner-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Critical Incident ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Early Field Experience ◽  
Physical Education Teacher Education ◽  
Conventional Methods ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Analytic Induction

Studies of the influence of conventional methods courses on preservice classroom teachers (PCTs) have provided mixed results. The purpose of the study described in this paper was to break new ground and examine the effects of a critically oriented 6-week methods course and a 9-week early field experience on one class of 24 PCTs. Data were collected during and immediately after the early field experience by asking PCTs to complete critical incident reflective sheets, success/nonsuccess critical incident reflective sheets, and an anonymous reflective questionnaire. Analytic induction was used to analyze them. Results indicated that PCTs were able to reflect at a technical and practical level and achieved many of the goals at which conventional methods courses are aimed. Conversely, there were few examples of critical reflection. Personal, cultural, and programmatic factors explaining this finding are discussed.

scholarly journals Projetos de extensão fazendo a diferença na formação do profissional de Educação Física na Unioeste

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-117
Author(s):  
Ricardo Brandt ◽  
Alberto Saturno Madureira ◽  
Edilson Hobold
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
University Education ◽  
Education Professionals ◽  
The Future ◽  
Making A Difference ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Impact

INTRODUÇÃO: O processo ensino-aprendizagem extrapola a sala de aula, sendo que a extensão universitária contribui de forma significativa nesse processo, melhorando a condição do egresso na atuação do profissional da Educação Física. OBJETIVO: Este trabalho teve por objetivo apresentar o impacto na vida dos acadêmicos que além de participarem das aulas normais propostas na matriz curricular também se envolvem em projetos de extensão e o quanto estas atividades podem contribuir além de suas formações, mas com a melhora dos seus currículos. MÉTODOS: Este estudo e um relato de experiência que envolve três projetos de extensão que são desenvolvidos no campus da Unioeste de Marechal Cândido Rondon, do curso de Educação Física – Bacharelado. RESULTADOS: Três projetos que atualmente existem no curso de Educação Física – Bacharelado na Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, se destacam entre tantos outros, por impactar de forma positiva na formação dos discentes além de proporcionar a comunidade exercícios de forma gratuita, para populações de diferentes idades, sendo eles o projeto Coração de Ouro, com prática de exercício físico para idosos, o projeto Unioeste Runners que oferece treinamento de corrida de rua para jovens, adultos e idosos e o Projeto Futuro do Judô, que oportuniza esta prática esportiva para crianças, adolescentes e jovens de instituições públicas do município de Marechal Cândido Rondon. CONCLUSÃO: Evidencia-se neste trabalho a importância da participação em projetos de extensão no processo de formação universitária, proporcionando vivencias diferenciadas na vida profissional do egresso. ABSTRACT. Extension projects making a difference in the formation of physical education profissionals at Unioeste. BACKGROUND: Teaching-learning process goes beyond the classroom, and university extension contributes significantly this process, improving the condition of graduates in the performance of Physical Education professionals. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to present the impact in lives of academics who, in addition to participating in the normal classes proposed in the curricular matrix, are also involved in extension projects and how much these activities can contribute beyond their training, but with the improvement of their resumes. METHODS: This study is experience report that involves three extension projects that are developed on the Unioeste campus of Marechal Cândido Rondon, the Bacharelado Physical Education course. RESULTS: Three projects that currently exist in the Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education at the State University of Western Paraná, stand out among many others, for having a positive impact on the training of students, in addition to providing the community with free exercise, for populations of different ages, being the Heart of Gold project, with physical exercise for the elderly, the Unioeste Runners project, which offers running training for young people, adults and the elderly, and the Future of Judo Project, which provides this sports practice for children , adolescents and young people from public institutions in the municipality of Marechal Cândido Rondon. CONCLUSION: This paper highlights the importance of participate in extension projects on university education process, providing differentiated experiences for the egress of great relevance for the future professional.

Influence of Negotiations on Preservice Teachers’ Instruction Within the Skill Themes Approach Unit

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 500-507
Author(s):  
Zachary Wahl-Alexander ◽  
Matthew D. Curtner-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Critical Incident ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Early Field Experience ◽  
Physical Education Teacher Education ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Positive Pattern

Purpose: To describe the influence of negotiations on instruction when preservice teachers taught elementary students using a skill theme approach. Methods: Participants were nine preservice teachers from one physical education teacher education program enrolled in a 9-week early field experience. They taught kindergarten, first-, and second-grade students (N = 203). Constructs from the ecology paradigm and previous research on negotiations guided data collection and analysis. Data were collected through nonparticipant observation, informal interviews, critical incident reflections, document analysis, and formal interviews. Deductive and inductive qualitative techniques were employed to code and categorize the data. Findings: A unique and mainly positive pattern of negotiations was revealed as were some new forms of negotiation. Students were also shown to initiate negative negotiations to change content they perceived as gender inappropriate. Conclusion: These findings could be used as the basis for educating preservice teachers to negotiate more effectively when teaching by skill themes.

Field Experience

2019 ◽  
pp. 481-508
Author(s):  
Sean Robert Powell
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Early Field Experience ◽  
Departments Of Education ◽  
Potential Benefits

This chapter presents an overview of preservice field experiences in music teacher education. Field experience, also termed fieldwork, early field experience, clinical practice, clinical teaching, extern teaching, or practicum, refers to teaching and/or observation experiences undertaken by preservice teachers within P-12 classrooms or other off-campus settings as part of curricula leading to teacher certification prior to the student teaching semester. Field experience is a common curricular requirement or standard among university teacher education programs, state departments of education, and higher education accrediting agencies. The chapter examines current practices and addresses potential benefits and problems associated with various field experience arrangements. Finally, it explores innovative approaches to field experience, poses questions for consideration, and suggests implications for practice and research.

What Preservice Physical Education Teachers See in an Unguided, Early Field Experience

1985 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Bell ◽  
Kate R. Barrett ◽  
Pamela C. Allison
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Student Behaviors ◽  
Early Field Experience ◽  
Initial Attempt ◽  
Fourth Grade Students ◽  
Attention Level

The ability of physical education teachers to observe the movement response of the learner and the environment in which the response takes place is crucial in effective instruction. This study is an initial attempt to identify what a group of 21 preservice physical education teachers reported seeing in a 15-minute games lesson with fourth-grade students. An analytic inductive strategy was employed to categorize the data at two levels of specificity. Results indicated that as a group the preservice teachers focused on a broad range of teacher and student behaviors and lesson elements, but as individuals they had a more limited focus of attention. Level 2 analysis revealed that only 10% of the recorded statements focused on the movement responses of the children and no statements related to the learning environment. If teacher educators deem it important that their majors notice teacher and student behaviors as well as lesson elements, they have to plan more carefully for this to occur, particularly with majors early in their professional education.

scholarly journals A Comparison of Pedagogical Knowledge Structures of Preservice Students and Teacher Educators in Two Institutions

1994 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith E. Rink ◽  
Karen French ◽  
Amelia M. Lee ◽  
Melinda A. Solmon ◽  
Susan K. Lynn
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Effective Teaching ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Concept Maps ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Concept Map ◽  
Pedagogical Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Structures ◽  
Methods Course ◽  
Preparation Programs

Understanding how the knowledge structures of preservice teachers develop as expertise is acquired would seem to be an important aspect of teacher preparation. The purpose of this study was to compare the pedagogical knowledge structures about effective teaching of preservice teachers and teacher educators in the professional preparation programs of two different institutions. Two groups of preservice teachers at two different points in their preparation program at each of the two institutions were asked to complete a concept map (Roehler et al., 1987) about effective teaching. One group completed the concept map just after the first teaching methods course, and the other group completed the map just prior to student teaching. These data were compared with concept maps of teacher educators at each institution. Quantitative and qualitative data revealed differences between the groups of preservice teachers and between the preservice teachers and the teacher educators.

Cooperating Teacher Perceptions of and Experiences in the Student Teaching Practicum

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie L. Tjeerdsma
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Teacher Perceptions ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Cooperating Teacher ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
Beliefs About Teaching ◽  
The Impact

This study examined cooperating teacher (CT) experiences in and perceptions of the student teaching practicum, and the impact of the practicum on their beliefs about teaching in physical education and on their perceptions of the practicum. Constructivism, particularly social constructivism, provided the theoretical framework. The participants were 7 elementary physical education teachers serving as CTs. The primary data sources were standardized, open-ended interviews with the CTs and journals kept by the CTs throughout the practicum. The results showed that these CTs saw the practicum as a positive experience that caused them to increase reflection on and revitalize their teaching. Few changes were noted from pre- to postpracticum in the CTs’ beliefs about teaching physical education or their perceptions of the practicum. CTs with positive practicum perspectives have in common certain contextual factors and social interactions that differ from CTs with negative perspectives; these are discussed.

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