Early Childhood Education Majors' Self-Efficacy for Teaching Fundamental Motor Skills

2015 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 482-489
Author(s):  
Irmak Hürmeriç Altunsöz
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Education Majors ◽  
Fundamental Motor Skills ◽  
Childhood Education

scholarly journals Finnish Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of Perceived Competence in Early Childhood Physical Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 6454
Author(s):  
Anne Soini ◽  
Anthony Watt ◽  
Arja Sääkslahti
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Childhood Education

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) teachers have a central role in supporting young children’s physical activity (PA) and overall development in the early years. However, the value of early childhood education teacher training (ECETT) programmes is not widely understood. This study aimed to investigate pre-service teachers’ perceptions of perceived competence when (1) supporting a child’s PA, (2) teaching PE, and (3) observing and assessing a child’s motor skills and PA. These self-evaluations were compared with a range of individual, educational, and behavioural characteristics. Final-year Bachelor degree pre-service teachers (n = 274; 54%) from seven universities in Finland participated in the self-report questionnaire. The results of the linear regression models showed that the relevant PE studies and previous experiences of pre-service teachers predicted higher perceived competence of supporting a child’s PA, teaching PE, and observing and assessing a child’s motor skills and PA. Thus, the study findings demonstrated how teacher training could positively influence perceptions and attitudes to increase a person’s perceived competence when implementing PE in the early years. Overall, results reinforce the importance of PE in ECETT, and the time devoted to this syllabus area should be maintained or increased.

scholarly journals Influence of the Psychomotor Profile in the Improvement of Learning in Early Childhood Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (23) ◽  
pp. 12655
Author(s):  
Francisco José Borrego-Balsalobre ◽  
Alfonso Martínez-Moreno ◽  
Vicente Morales-Baños ◽  
Arturo Díaz-Suárez
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Psychomotor Skills ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Infant School ◽  
Stimulation Of

The development of psychomotor skills in childhood enables children to organise the outside world through their bodies, contributing to their intellectual, affective, and social development. The present study aimed to longitudinally evaluate the psychomotor profile, throughout three academic years, of 3, 4 and 5-year-olds belonging to the second cycle of infant school, relating it descriptively to academic performance. The sample consisted of 82 subjects aged between 3 and 6 years throughout the study. The distribution of the sample was homogeneous, with 47.6% boys (n = 39) and 52.4% girls (n = 43). The results not only highlight the importance of the development and stimulation of motor skills from an early age for the overall development of the child, but also, when related to previous studies, show how they influence the development of human beings in adulthood.

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