Preservice Physical Education Teachers’ Perceived Physical Literacy and Teaching Efficacy

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-156
Author(s):  
Siu-Ming Choi ◽  
Raymond Kim-Wai Sum ◽  
Tristan Wallhead ◽  
Amy Sau-Ching Ha ◽  
Cindy Hui-Ping Sit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Teaching Efficacy ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Physical Education Teacher ◽  
Physical Literacy ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Education Teacher

Physical education teacher education is a time when preservice teachers can reinforce their physical literacy (PL). Professional coursework within the teacher preparation program should also develop their teaching efficacy. In this regard, the purpose of this study was to examine the predictive relationship between preservice physical education teachers’ perceived PL and teaching efficacy. The findings revealed that the PL dimension of self-expression and communication with others was the most significant predictor of teaching efficacy in developing content knowledge, applying scientific knowledge to teaching, teaching students with special needs, and using technology. Furthermore, preservice teachers’ knowledge and understanding of PL predicted their teaching efficacy in accommodating skill level differences within instruction. These predictive relationships suggest that preservice teachers’ PL influences their efficacy to enact effective teaching behaviors and should remain an ongoing priority of physical education teacher preparation programming suggested by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Socialization of Preservice Adapted Physical Educators: Influence of Teacher Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley J. Wilson ◽  
K. Andrew R. Richards
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Adapted Physical Education ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Occupational Socialization ◽  
Physical Education Teacher ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
Socialization Theory ◽  
Physical Education Teacher Education

Occupational socialization theory has been used to understand the recruitment, education, and socialization of physical education teachers for nearly 40 yr. It has, however, only recently been applied to the study of adapted physical education teachers. The purpose of this descriptive case study was to understand the socialization of preservice teachers in an adapted physical education teacher education graduate-level program. Participants included 17 purposefully selected preservice teachers (5 male and 12 female) enrolled in a yearlong graduate-level adapted physical education teacher education program. Qualitative data were collected using interviews, reflective journaling, and field notes taken during teaching and coursework observations. Data analysis resulted in the construction of 3 themes: overcoming contextual challenges to meet learners’ needs, the importance of field-based teacher education, and coping with the challenges of marginalization. The discussion connects to and advances occupational socialization theory in adapted physical education and suggests that professional socialization may have a more profound influence on preservice adapted physical education teachers than on their physical education counterparts.

scholarly journals Pre-Service Physical Education Teachers’ Discourses on Learning How to Become a Teacher: [Re]Constructing a Professional Identity Based on Visual Evidence

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana A. da Cunha ◽  
Paula Batista ◽  
Amândio Graça
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Situational Analysis ◽  
Physical Education Teacher ◽  
Education Teacher

Identity has been used as an analytical tool to capture how teachers work, learn and develop professionally. This paper takes chiefly Gee’s [1] discursive notion of identity to examine the discourses that pre-service physical education teachers used about themselves and others in discussing their teaching practices in the context of their practicum training in school. More specifically, this study aims to identify and characterize the situations of concern [roles, individuals, groups, events, meanings] to the pre-service teachers when learning to be a physical education teacher and when [re]constructing their professional identity through a dialogic relation between talk and images. Nine preservice teachers from the Faculty of Sport, University of Porto participated in this study. Data were gathered using photo elicitation interview technique: photographs and videos, produced by the participants, were used as prompts for discussion in two focus group sessions [2, 3]. We adopted an inductive approach to thematic analysis based on the Grounded Theory coding principles [4, 5], supplemented by a situational analysis [6] to map visual discourses and construct photo-essays [7] upon them. The images portrayed the participants in situations of classroom practice, learning-to-teach resources, social recognition and teachers’ mission. Their discourses upon those photographs and videos recognized the physical education teacher as a type of teacher who: [i] cares for planning duties, carefully prepares their lesson and complies with institutional roles, as planning and teaching; [ii] constantly searches for professional excellence and updates their knowledge [e.g. transferring pedagogical strategies fromother contexts]; [iii] individually/collectively reflects upon their practice, learns and shares knowledge with their colleagues, is in constant development, and builds their identity in allegiance with others [e.g. class observations and mentoring meetings]; and [iv] extends their school practice beyond the instruction tasks and has the power to project and exercise higher roles [e.g. extracurricular roles].

A comparative analysis of physical education and non-physical education teachers who coach high school sport teams

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 557-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Camiré ◽  
Meredith Rocchi ◽  
Kelsey Kendellen
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Physical Education Teacher ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
School Sport ◽  
Sport Teams ◽  
High School Sport

Although high school sport in Canada has traditionally been an extracurricular activity overseen by physical education teachers, recent findings demonstrate how the majority ( n = 1677, 60%) of coaches are in fact non-physical education teachers. The purpose of the present study was to compare physical education and non-physical education teachers who coach high school sport teams. A national sample of 2890 Canadian high school teacher-coaches (males = 1967, 68%) from all 10 provinces and 3 territories responded to an online survey. Significant differences were found between physical education teacher-coaches and non-physical education teacher-coaches in terms of demographic variables, perceived teacher-coach benefits, and perceived coaching efficacy, whereby physical education teacher-coaches tended to have more favorable perceptions. Based on the results, access to coach education should be facilitated, particularly for non-physical education teacher coaches.

Helping Preservice Teachers Learn to Negotiate Sociopolitical Relationships Through a Physical Education Teacher Education Outdoor Education Experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 296-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenn M. Jacobs ◽  
K. Andrew R. Richards ◽  
Zach Wahl-Alexander ◽  
James D. Ressler
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Outdoor Education ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Physical Education Teacher ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
Physical Education Teacher Education ◽  
Education Experience

Physical education teacher education programs are tasked with preparing students for a teaching career in a field that possesses inherent challenges. Purpose: The current study, designed as a descriptive case study, examined how an outdoor education field experience can facilitate important learning for preservice teachers about navigating sociopolitical relationships among colleagues and the greater school community. Method: Interviews were conducted with 13 preservice physical educators and the course instructor, in addition to field observations. Results: An outdoor education experience that includes opportunities to interface with and reflect on working with various stakeholders can help preservice teachers learn to navigate sociopolitics and persist through challenges. Discussion/Conclusion: Despite challenges, the nontraditional and intensive nature of the field experience, as well as the positive relationships developed with students, compelled the preservice teachers to find effective ways to collaborate and manage teaching roles.

scholarly journals The role of physical education teacher creativity in mediating the influence of HRM practices and performance during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-357
Author(s):  
Abdurrohman Muzakki ◽  
Immanuel Muammal ◽  
Bayu Prakoso
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Teacher Performance ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
Physical Education Teacher ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
Hrm Practices ◽  
Teacher Creativity ◽  
And Performance

This research was conducted with the aim of analyzing the position of teacher creativity in an effort to mediate the influence of the practice of Human Resource Management (HRM) which can be carried out by schools to improve teacher performance. This type of research is an explanatory research and also uses a quantitative approach. The variables in this research include several aspects such as the practice of implementing HRM, Teacher Creativity, and the performance of Sports Physical Education Teachers. This research was conducted by reaching a number of 102 Sports Physical Education teachers consisting of several levels such as elementary, middle, and high schools in Malang City, Malang Regency and Batu City. Information can be obtained by distributing questionnaires either directly (offline) or online. The analysis of data information was carried out by researchers using SEM-PLS with the WARP PLS 7 application Meanwhile, the results of this research indicate the findings that the practice of HRM does not have a direct influence on the performance of Sports Physical Education Teachers with a significance value of 0.30 and the effect of HR Practice on The performance of sports teachers mediated by teacher creativity has a significance value of <0.001, which means that the teacher's creativity fully mediates the effect of HR practice on the performance of sports teachers.

scholarly journals PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER AS A REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER STUDYING AT A SPORTS UNIVERSITY

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Laura Tumynaitė
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Teaching Model ◽  
Physical Education Teacher ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
Training Tool ◽  
European Dimension ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions

Research background.With the rapid advancement and changes in students’ generation, the societyneeds improvements in the process of the preparing physical education teachers. The process of the preparationrequires the development of a practically, individually, creatively,critically minded physical education teachercapable of active and independent problem solving in practice. The article focuses on the process of preparationand improvement of the curriculum for physical education teachers in Lithuania. The aim of the article is toupdate and compare a new European dimension–a reflective teaching model that encourages the analysis ofpast activities and the construction of new activities.The aim of the researchwasto reveal theoretical assumptions about the application of the reflectivemodel in the training of physical education teachers atasports university.Conclusionsandperspectives:It is important to reform the academic and practical content of studiesby creating reflexive physical education teacher training, creating conditions for the reflection of personal andprofessional identity, developing and integrating reflective model approaches into the content of studies,developing teacher competencies, developing reflective analysis and cooperation and interaction with studentsin the areas of knowledge, skills and valuables. The reflective model in vocational training of specialists in thework of physical educationteacherscreates conditions for the development of changes and the search foralternative ways to attract students to enjoy physical activity and fulfill the goal of physical education–to bephysically active not only within the school, but also outside it. This goal is developed at a universitywhereuniversality is particularly emphasized.The argument for the purpose of physicaleducationis part of the research as a training tool for thetraining of physical education teachers. A combination of practicalwork and research is necessaryas it givesthe educators the opportunity to learn themselves to understand their knowledge and maintain opinions.Itwould also help improve the sometimes extremely good status of the teacher of physical education and enhancethe knowledge of the work of a physical education teacher in the practice of professional work.

scholarly journals Ecological and axiological reflection of the concept of sustainable development as a basis for the health-preserving competence of a physical education teacher

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 02008
Author(s):  
Mykola B. Yevtuch ◽  
Vasyl M. Fedorets ◽  
Oksana V. Klochko ◽  
Nina P. Kravets ◽  
Tetiana R. Branitska
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Physical Education Teacher ◽  
Ecological Value ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Methodological Improvement

The article on the basis of the ecological value of reflection the concept of sustainable development and Hellenistic concepts is conceptual and methodological improvement of health saving competence of Physical Education teachers in the conditions of post-graduate education. There are presented methodological ways of greening of health and fitness technologies and identified opportunities for ecologically oriented their use by the teacher. Based on ecophilic interpretation of Hellenistic ideas are developed methodological concepts “Tellusantropo convergence” of the “Arete of the earth”, “Tellusantropo harmonization”, “Astoria of the Earth”, “Tellusantropo reflection”. Cultural, educational and technological sense of these concepts is existential axiological and ecophilic-oriented representation and interpretation the idea of sustainable development with the aim of using them as a Physical Education teacher in the educational health saving and fitness technologies and practices. In order to form a value relation to the Earth, to develop the “Arete of the Earth” and to unveil the “Existential of the Earth”, we used the value-oriented reflexive technique of the “Epistrophe of the Earth”. The method of “Epistrophe of the Earth” with its further improvement and testing can be used to form a valuable attitude to the Earth, actualization of environmental issues, formation of psychological health of participants in the educational process and actualization of the concept of sustainable development.

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