Characteristics and Enlightenment of American Primary and Secondary School Physical Education Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-67
Author(s):  
LI Da-qing
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Primary And Secondary School

scholarly journals Aprendizaje cooperativo en Educación Física: estado de la cuestión y propuesta de intervención (Cooperative learning in Physical Education: the state of the question and intervention proposal)

Retos ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 234-239
Author(s):  
Carlos Velázquez Callado
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Intervention Process ◽  
Primary And Secondary School ◽  
Aprendizaje Cooperativo ◽  
Modelo Pedagógico

En los últimos años varias investigaciones han subrayado las ventajas del aprendizaje cooperativo para promover el aprendizaje motor y social en Educación Física. Sin embargo, rara vez se describe lo que los docentes hacen cuando aplican este modelo pedagógico en sus clases de Educación Física. Este artículo presenta un estudio exploratorio orientado a dar respuesta a esta pregunta. Ciento noventa y ocho profesores de Educación Física españoles respondieron a un cuestionario dirigido a conocer cómo conciben el aprendizaje cooperativo y el modo en que lo implementan en sus clases con alumnado de Primaria y Secundaria. Los resultados del estudio muestran que el aprendizaje cooperativo es todavía una metodología poco implementada en Educación Física. Los profesores la conciben desde una perspectiva cercana al juego cooperativo. Se propone entonces un nuevo enfoque pedagógico, denominado coopedagogía, orientado a facilitar que los docentes puedan desarrollar un proceso de intervención que permita, por una parte, que el alumnado aprenda a cooperar y, por otra, que utilice la cooperación como recurso para aprender en las clases de Educación Física.Abstract. Over the last few years several studies have emphasized the advantages of cooperative learning to promote motor and social learning in Physical Education. However, what teachers do when they implement this pedagogical model in their Physical Education classes is rarely described. This paper presents an exploratory study aimed at answering this question. One hundred and ninety-eight Spanish Physical Education teachers completed a questionnaire designed to find out how cooperative learning is conceived and applied practically in Primary and Secondary school classes. The results of the study reveal that cooperative learning is still underutilized in Physical Education. Teachers conceive cooperative learning from a perspective close to cooperative play. A new pedagogical approach, called coopedagogy, is then proposed to facilitate teachers in developing an intervention process that allows students to learn how to cooperate and how to use the cooperation as a resource of learning in Physical Education classes.

scholarly journals Initial Validation of the Teacher-Created Empowering and Disempowering Motivational Climate Questionnaire in Physical Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 340-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Milton ◽  
Paul R. Appleton ◽  
Anna Bryant ◽  
Joan L. Duda
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Motivational Climate ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Parameter Estimates ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Secondary School Pupils

Purpose: Guided by Duda’s hierarchical conceptualization of the motivational climate that draws from self-determination and achievement goal theories, this study provides initial evidence of the psychometric properties of the Empowering and Disempowering Motivational Climate Questionnaire in physical education (EDMCQ-PE). Method: Questionnaire based with two samples of Welsh secondary school pupils. Results: Exploratory structural equation modeling provided a better fit of the data to the hypothesized model than confirmatory factor analysis. Moreover, a two-factor composite (i.e., empowering and disempowering) lower-order model provided an acceptable fit and clear parameter estimates. This two-factor model also demonstrated scalar gender measurement invariance. Discussion: The evidence from this study suggests the EDMCQ-PE is a promising scale for the assessment of secondary school pupils’ perceptions of the empowering and disempowering features of the motivational climate created by their physical education teachers. Conclusion: Moving forward, the statistical approach employed in this paper can inform future studies that develop questionnaire methodology in physical education and from an applied perspective; the EDMCQ-PE can be used by researchers and teachers to assess the motivational climate in PE and help inform the pedagogy underpinning teachers’ classes.

scholarly journals El trabajo colaborativo virtual: herramienta de formación del profesorado de Educación Física (Virtual collaborative work: a training tool for physical education teachers)

Retos ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 24-27
Author(s):  
Meritxell Monguillot Hernando ◽  
Montse Guitert Catasús ◽  
Carles González Arévalo
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Educational Tools ◽  
Training Tool ◽  
Aprendizaje Virtual ◽  
Trabajo Colaborativo

La presente investigación ha tenido por objetivo analizar la influencia del trabajo colaborativo virtual como herramienta para la creación y mejora del conocimiento curricular de tres profesores de educación física de secundaria. Se ha basado en la investigación educativa de modalidad en línea y en un enfoque cualitativo mediante el diseño de investigación-acción. Los resultados obtenidos han mostrado el potencial del trabajo colaborativo virtual como herramienta de formación para el profesorado de educación física.Palabras clave: aprendizaje virtual, formación permanente, profesorado, educación física.Abstract: The present research is based on the qualitative methodology perspective related to online educational tools. The work aims to evaluate the influence of the collaborative learning to improve the knowledge of three P.E. teachers of secondary school. The obtained results show the potential of collaborative learning as a tool to improve the weaknesses and the knowledge of the PE teachers. Keywords: Learning environments, lifelong learning, teacher, physical education.

scholarly journals Propuesta metodológica para implantar el aprendizaje cooperativo en las clases de educación física en base a los dominios de acción motriz (Methodological proposal to implement cooperative learning in physical education classes based on motor action doma

Retos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 524-534
Author(s):  
Guillermo Martín Martín ◽  
Pedro Jesús Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Motor Action ◽  
Trabajo En Equipo ◽  
Sport Activities ◽  
Learning Principles ◽  
Primary And Secondary School ◽  
Aprendizaje Cooperativo

  Aunque existen en España diferentes propuestas para aplicar el aprendizaje cooperativo en la educación física estas se centran en actividades físico-deportivas específicas o en estructuras cooperativas muy concretas. Faltan en nuestro país propuestas integrales destinadas a facilitar la implantación de este modelo pedagógico de forma extensiva abarcando todos los dominios de acción motriz que impone la normativa educativa. En este artículo se aporta un modelo para aplicar el aprendizaje cooperativo en el área de la educación física dentro de las etapas educativas de primaria y secundaria que engloba todos los enfoques existentes hasta el momento. Un programa estructurado en cuatro fases: 1) confianza–cohesión grupal, 2) familiarización 3) consolidación y 4) rendimiento, que abarca los cinco dominios de acción motriz que se establecen para la E.F. y las variables a tener en cuenta en el diseño de la actividad: Temporalización, número de sesiones y actividades, reglas, dinámica de las agrupaciones, roles, espacios de práctica, principios de aprendizaje cooperativo, destrezas de trabajo en equipo, técnicas y estructuras cooperativas. Abstract. Although there are different proposals in Spain to apply cooperative learning in physical education, they are focused on specific physical-sport activities or on very specific cooperative structures. In our country, there is a lack of comprehensive proposals aimed at facilitating the implementation of this pedagogical model in an extensive way, including all the motor action domains imposed by the education regulations. This article provides a model to apply cooperative learning in the area of physical education within the educational stages of primary and secondary school including all existing approaches up to now. The program is structured in four phases: 1) trust – group cohesion, 2) familiarization 3) consolidation and 4) performance, which embraces the five motor action domains that are established for the P.E. and the variables to take into account in the design of the activity: timing, number of lessons and activities, rules, group dynamics, roles, practice spaces, cooperative learning principles, teamwork skills, cooperative structures and techniques.

The learning environment in upper secondary school physical education: The student perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aron Gauti Laxdal
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Learning Support ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual

The overreaching aim of this thesis was to gain a better understanding of the students’ perceptions of the learning environment in upper secondary school physical education, with special focus on marginalized subgroups. More specifically, the intention was to explore whether students perceived their learning environment differently depending on their teachers’ gender, the learning support they received or the perceived competence they had. Despite the learning environment being a well-researched phenomenon in the more academic school subjects, there was a substantial knowledge gap concerning its influence in physical education. The individual works that form this ensemble aimed to occlude some of those gaps. In an effort to achieve the aforementioned aims, a new instrument measuring teacher learning support in the physical education context was also constructed and validated. The chosen methodology for the thesis was cross-sectional, comprising of a multicomponent self-report questionnaire. The data was analyzed using various analytical tools, including structural modeling analysis and MANCOVA between group comparisons. The participants were 1133 upper secondary school students (Mage = 17.2, SD = 0.86) from Norway (n = 554) and Iceland (n = 579), and 17 Norwegian PE teachers (11 males, 6 females). The sampling of participants was performed using a stratified procedure representing both urban, suburban and rural settlements. Multiple steps were taken to ensure adequate sample representability. The collective results of the individual papers indicate that the current organizational trends in PE are more in line with the needs of the highly competent students, and less so with the needs of the less competent students. This tendency intensifies the differences between these groups and may be one of the primary drivers behind the negative relationship between age and appreciation for the subject. Further, the students do not appear to be self- regulating their learning to the same extent as they are in other subjects, despite the teachers efforts to facilitate the behavior. The cause of this discrepancy likely being PE’s reputation as a recreational subject, underlined by the absence of homework and the playful nature of the lessons. Additionally, the role of the teacher’s gender in influencing the PE experience seems to be exaggerated. Gender matching and positive discrimination of female PE teachers are therefore unlikely to improve the learning environment of female students. The concluding recommendations are multitudinous and include suggestions to all the stakeholders of the subject. They include an appeal to the policymakers to rely more heavily on the body of research when implementing or adjusting policy, a plea to the teaching institutions educating the physical education teachers to emphasize formative teaching practices to a greater extent in their program, in order to promote learning behavior, and a call to the physical education teachers to address the various challenges related to the less interested and less competent students by reducing the benefits of sporting experience and ameliorating the current curriculum implementations by introducing more non-traditional sports and activities.

scholarly journals The Influence of the Physical Education Environment on Children’s Well-Being and Physical Activity Across the Transition from Primary to Secondary School

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 574-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian M. Taylor ◽  
Christopher M. Spray ◽  
Natalie Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
School Transition ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Before And After

The purpose of the study was to explore change in children’s physical self-concept and self-reported physical activity over a school transition period, as well as motivational and interpersonal influences on these two outcomes. Data were collected from 545 children (mean age = 10.82, SD = 0.39, 51% female) at three time points before and after the United Kingdom secondary school transition. Multilevel modeling revealed that physical self-concept and physical activity showed different patterns of decline over the course of the study. Changes in the extent to which physical education teachers were perceived to provide psychological need support, peer focus on self-referenced learning and mastery, and changes in autonomous motives toward physical education classes were positively associated with these outcome variables. The present study provides novel insight into important motivational and interpersonal factors that may need to be targeted to prevent negative developmental patterns over a potentially challenging period for children.

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