Comparison of Personality Characteristics of Physical Education and Recreation Majors, and Factors Which Affect Career Choice

1980 ◽  
Vol 51 (3_suppl2) ◽  
pp. 1291-1298
Author(s):  
James A. Batesky ◽  
John A. Malacos ◽  
Kevin M. Purcell
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Directed Search ◽  
Education Majors ◽  
Personality Profiles ◽  
Education Professionals ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Physical Education Majors ◽  
Selection Of

This study examined the personality characteristics of physical education and recreation majors, and ascertained why some students choose one over the other. Forty-nine physical education and recreation majors were administered Holland's Self-directed Search. A 2 × 3 fixed-factorial design was employed, sex and major plus a control group were independent variables. Both 24 recreation and 25 physical education majors were alike in the personality profiles and were very similar to recreation and physical education professionals already in the field. Significant differences were found on secondary, less dominant characteristics which may contribute to selection of a specialization area.

The Effect of Planning on the Teaching Behavior of Preservice Physical Education Teachers

1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles H. Imwold ◽  
Robert A. Rider ◽  
Bernadette M. Twardy ◽  
Pamela S. Oliver ◽  
Michael Griffin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Interaction Analysis ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Education Majors ◽  
Physical Education Majors ◽  
Lesson Content ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
Planning Group ◽  
Process Interaction

The purpose of this study was to compare the teaching process interaction behavior of teachers who planned for classes with those who did not plan. Senior physical education majors served as the teaching subjects for this study—six in the planning (experimental) group and six in the no-plan (control) group. Each teacher taught the same lesson content for a 15-minute episode. The planning group spent 1 hour before the lesson writing explicit plans, while the control group was given 2 minutes just before the lesson to gather their thoughts and be informed of the content to be covered. The behaviors of all teachers were observed by the Cheffers Adaptation of the Flanders’ Interaction Analysis System (CAFIAS). The results indicated significant differences in only two interaction categories: amount of directions given and the amount of silence. Both variables were better for the planning group.

Change in Control Orientation of Physical Education Majors after an Adapted Physical Education Practicum

1993 ◽  
Vol 76 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1274-1274
Author(s):  
Robert A. Rider ◽  
Charles H. Imwold
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Adapted Physical Education ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Education Majors ◽  
Control Orientation ◽  
Physical Education Majors

This study examined changes in ideas about control of pupils of 32 majors in physical education after exposure to students with disabilities in an adapted physical education practicum. No control group was included. Analysis indicated subjects were significantly more custodial after the practicum.

Comparison of Learning Styles between Physical Education and Dance Majors

1984 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 583-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy B. Zakrajsek ◽  
Rebecca L. Johnson ◽  
Diane B. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
T Test ◽  
Education Majors ◽  
Learning Style Inventory ◽  
Physical Education Majors

Learning styles of dance and physical education majors were described and compared. Subjects were 167 declared majors in 1982 from 9 universities (87 PE, 80 dance; 44 males, 115 females). Kolb's Learning Style Inventory which measures abstractness or concreteness and activity or reflectivity was given. By t test (.05) no significant differences in preferred learning style were found between majors or genders.

Analysis of the Relations between Personality Characteristics and Education Majors' Sex and Grade-Level Focus

1989 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 583-589
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Jenkins ◽  
Gary L. Fisher ◽  
Roy L. Applegate
Keyword(s):  
Grade Level ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Education Majors ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
Personality Profiles ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
Secondary Teaching ◽  
Edwards Personal Preference Schedule ◽  
Discriminant Analyses ◽  
Psychological Inventory

Personality profiles of education majors were compared using the California Psychological Inventory and Edwards Personal Preference Schedule. Discriminant analyses indicated significant differences on selected scales for men ( n = 50) and women ( n = 112) and for those interested in elementary and secondary teaching. These findings are discussed in terms of their relevance to the future teaching activities of education majors.

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