Дисертації з теми "Training of future Physical Training teachers"

В даній роботі розглядаються проблеми формування готовності майбутніх вчителів фізичної культури до різних сторін професійної діяльності: позаурочної роботи, професійної творчості, індивідуалізації навчання, виховної роботи, спортивно-педагогічної роботи. Вивчено проблеми формування особистості студента у процесі навчальної діяльності, педагогічної майстерності, педагогічних здібностей, педагогічних умінь та навичок, професійно-педагогічної спрямованості особистості тощо. Розроблено методику формування професійної готовності майбутніх вчителів фізичної культури до професійної діяльності, що передбачає застосування комплексу різноманітних методів навчання з поступовим переходом від репродуктивних до проблемно-пошукових та тестових методик.
This paper considers the problems of forming the readiness of future teachers of physical culture for various aspects of professional activity: extracurricular activities, professional creativity, individualization of education, educational work, sports and pedagogical work. Problems of formation of the student's personality in the process of educational activity, pedagogical skill, pedagogical abilities, pedagogical abilities and skills, professional-pedagogical orientation of the personality, etc. are studied. A method of forming the professional readiness of future physical education teachers for professional activities has been developed, which involves the use of a set of different teaching methods with a gradual transition from reproductive to problem-solving and test methods.

В роботі розкриті питання ознайомлення з практикою навчання майбутніх вчителів фізичної культури, виявлено низку проблем в їхній підготовці, зумовлених суперечностями між: об’єктивними потребами суспільства, прагненням майбутнього вчителя досягти належного рівня педагогічної майстерності та недостатньо ефективною організацією професійної підготовки вчителів фізичної культури; сучасними вимогами освітньої галузі до рівня компетентності вчителів фізичної культури і низьким рівнем застосування новітніх педагогічних технологій на етапі їхньої професійної підготовки у ЗВО; потребою формування педагогічної майстерності відповідно до сучасної парадигми освіти і концепцій педагогічної освіти та недосконалим навчально- методичним забезпеченням процесу вивчення педагогічних дисциплін у ЗВО галузі ФКіС.
The paper reveals the issues of acquaintance with the practice of teaching future physical education teachers, identified a number of problems in their training due to contradictions between: objective needs of society, the desire of the future teacher to achieve the appropriate level of pedagogical skills and insufficiently effective organization of professional training of physical education teachers; modern requirements of the educational field to the level of competence of physical education teachers and the low level of application of the latest pedagogical technologies at the stage of their professional training in the Free Economic Zone; the need to form pedagogical skills in accordance with the modern paradigm of education and concepts of pedagogical education and imperfect educational and methodological support of the process of studying pedagogical disciplines in the field of free education in the field of FKiS.

Головною метою даної роботи є теоретичне обґрунтування змісту структури основних видів та складових компонентів діяльності майбутнього вчителя фізичної культури, з якою автор впорався повністю. В даній роботі зовсiм новими є вiдомостi про взаємозв'язки змiсту професiйної дiяльностi вчителя фiзичної культури. Встановлено, що технологiя вирiшення вчителем фiзичної культури кожного педагогiчного завдання складається з трьох, тісно пов'язаних мiж собою, етапiв: пiдготовчого, виконавчого й контрольного. Професiйна діяльнiсть майбутнього фахiвця характеризується iнтегративним станом особистостi, що вмiщує в собi оптимальну систему знань, умiнь, навичок, потреб, мотивiв i здiбностей, тобто все те, що складає професiйнi якостi фахiвця та його ставлення до дiяльностi. Визначено залежнiсть оцiнок значимостi компонентiв професiйної дiяльностi вiд рiвня квалiфiкацiї фахiвця.
The main purpose of this work is to theoretically substantiate the content of the structure of the main types and components of the future teacher of physical education, with which the author has fully coped. In this paper, information about the relationship between the content of the professional activities of a physical education teacher is completely new. It is established that the technology of solving each pedagogical task by the teacher of physical culture consists of three, closely connected, stages: preparatory, executive and control. The professional activity of the future specialist is characterized by the integrative state of the individual, which contains the optimal system of knowledge, skills, abilities, needs, motives and abilities, ie all that constitutes the professional qualities of the specialist and his attitude to the activity. The dependence of the estimates of the significance of the components of professional activity on the level of qualification of the specialist is determined.

The purpose of the research is to reveal the significance of mastering new educational technologies. This enables not only to enrich the base of theoretical and methodological knowledge of students, but also to form a bundle of professional skills to design, develop the learning process, analyze its results in accordance with new information technology teaching.
Метою роботи є дослідження важливості освоєння нових освітніх технологій. Це дає змогу не лише збагатити базу теоретичних та методичних знань студентів, а й сформувати сукупність професійних навичок проектування, удосконалення навчального процесу, аналізу його результатів відповідно до викладання нових інформаційних технологій.
Целью работы является исследование важности освоения новых образовательных технологий. Это позволяет не только обогатить базу теоретических и методических знаний студентов, но и сформировать совокупность профессиональных навыков проектирования, совершенствование учебного процесса, анализа его результатов в соответствии с преподаванием новых информационных технологий.

У дослідженні здійснено теоретичне узагальнення та вирішено наукове завдання щодо підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. З’ясовано, що актуальність розглянутої проблеми підтверджується змінами вимог суспільства до особистості вчителя фізичної культури, який має бути активним, творчим, прагнути до самовдосконалення. Обґрунтовано основні принципи, закономірності й методологічні підходи підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. Уточнено сутність поняття «підготовка майбутніх учителів фізичної культури» як процесу, що передбачає формування професійної спрямованості особистості, засвоєння нею сукупності теоретичних знань, формування практичних умінь і навичок, накопичення досвіду, результатом якого є готовність майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до професійної діяльності. Встановлено, що готовність майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності – це інтегральне особистісне утворення, що містить знання сутності народної хореографічної діяльності, характеризується зацікавленістю студентів та їх активною участю у творчій діяльності, застосуванням необхідних професійно-педагогічних умінь та навичок. Обґрунтовано структуру готовності майбутніх вчителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва в єдності її компонентів: мотиваційно–ціннісного, когнітивного і діяльнісного. Ураховуючи напрацювання науковців і компонентний склад готовності майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва, визначено критерії її сформованості, зокрема: особистісний, змістовий і творчий. Диференційовано рівні (високий, середній, низький) готовності майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. Проведено діагностику аналізованого процесу визначено й науково обґрунтовано педагогічні умови, спроектовано модель підготовки майбутніх учителів до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва (лексика народного танцю, хореографічні композиції, рухи народних танців, музика). Ураховуючи результати аналізу наукової літератури, досвіду роботи закладів вищої освіти, результатів констатувального етапу експерименту щодо підготовки майбутніх учителів до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва, визначено педагогічні умови: формування позитивної мотивації майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності; удосконалення змісту підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури на основі впровадження міждисциплінарного спецкурсу «Танцювальний хортинг»; використання інноваційних методів навчання у підготовці майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. Теоретично обґрунтовано авторську модель підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у єдності її складових: цільової, теоретико-методологічної, організаційно-змістової та діагностично-результативної. У цільовому блоці моделі відображено соціальне замовлення суспільства на підготовку конкурентоздатних і висококваліфікованих учителів фізичної культури, мета і завдання освітньої діяльності. Теоретико-методологічний блок містить методологічні підходи (культурологічний; компетентнісний; системний; особистісний; діяльнісний; аксіологічний (ціннісний); міждисциплінарний, етнопедагогічний) і принципи організації підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. В організаційно-змістовому блоці моделі конкретизовано зміст, форми, методи і організацію підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. Діагностично-результативний блок моделі репрезентує очікувані результати впровадження педагогічних умов шляхом виявлення рівнів (високий, середній, низький) готовності майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності; а також результат цього процесу – позитивну динаміку готовності майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. За результатами формувального етапу експерименту підтверджено дієвість запропонованих педагогічних умов підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. Його методика охоплювала сукупність комплексних і системних педагогічних заходів впливу на майбутніх учителів фізичної культури з метою поетапного формування в них усіх компонентів готовності до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності. Статистичну значущість виявлених у результаті аналізу змін у рівнях готовності майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності експериментальної і контрольної груп підтверджено відповідною математичною обробкою одержаних даних за допомогою критерію кутового перетворення Фішера φ*. Доведено, що впровадження педагогічних умов підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності сприяло статистично значущим змінам. Удосконалено навчально-методичне забезпечення підготовки майбутніх учителів фізичної культури до використання засобів народного хореографічного мистецтва у професійній діяльності, зокрема розроблено: авторський спецкурс «Танцювальний хортинг»; методичні рекомендації «Ритміка і хореографія: методичні вказівки до вивчення дисципліни та самостійної роботи для студентів спеціальностей 014.11 «Середня освіта (Фізична культура)» і 017 «Фізична культура і спорт»». Для підвищення кваліфікації вчителів фізичної культури та забезпечення урізноманітнення практики викладання у закладах середньої освіти укладено методичний посібник «Методика вивчення варіативного модуля «Танцювальний хортинг» для закладів загальної середньої освіти, розроблений авторським колективом і схвалений Міністерством освіти і науки України (Протокол № 2 від 01. 07. 2019р.), варіативний модуль «Танцювальний хортинг» для загальноосвітніх навчальних закладів 10 –11 класів (рівень стандарту); навчальну програму для гуртків фізкультурно-спортивного та оздоровчо-прикладного спрямування загальної середньої освіти «Народний танець», схвалену для використання Міністерством освіти і науки України; методичний посібник для закладів загальної середньої освіти для вивчення варіативного модуля «Танцювальний хортинг», розроблений у співавторстві.
The research makes theoretical generalization and accomplishes the scientific task in training future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art on professional activities. It is elucidated that applicability of the examined problem is justified by changes of demands of the society to the personality of a Physical Training teacher who is supposed to be active, creative, striving forself-improvement. The research substantiates the main principles, consistent patterns and methodological approaches of training future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in professional activities. Itclarifies the essence of the concept “training of future Physical Training teachers” as the process that provides professional orientation of a personality, their acquiring of accumulated theoretical knowledge, formation of practical skills, gaining experience resulting in readiness of future Physical Training teachers for professional activities. It is determined that readiness of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in professional activities is an integral personal entity comprising knowledge of the essence of folk choreographic activity and is characterized with application of necessary professional and pedagogical skillsand means of their usage. The research substantiates the structure of readiness of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in integrity of its components:motivational and axiological, cognitive and activity-oriented. Taking into consideration best practices of scientists and composition of the readiness of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art, there were determined criteria of its formedness including incentive, content-related and creative.There were differentiated the levels (high, medium, low) of readiness of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in professional activities. There was made the diagnosis of the analyzed process,were identified and scientifically grounded pedagogical conditions and was designed the model of training future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art (lexis of a folk dance, choreographic compositions, movements of folk dances, music). Taking into consideration the results of the analysis of scientific literature, work experience of higher educational institutions, results of the ascertaining stage of the experiment concerning training of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art, there were determined the following pedagogical conditions: formation of positive motivation of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities; updating of the contents of educational and instructional materials of the educational process of future Physical Training teachers and implementation of an interdisciplinary special course “Dancing khorting”; usage of innovative methods of training future Physical Training teachers for using means of choreographic art in their professional activities. There was theoretically grounded an authoring model of training futurePhysical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in unity of its components: target, theoretical and methodological, organizational and content, diagnostically resultative. The target block of the model reflects social demand of the society for training competitive and highly qualified Physical Training teachers, aims and tasks of educational activities. Theoretical and methodological block comprises methodological approaches (cultural; competency-based; system; personality-oriented; activity-oriented; axiological; interdisciplinary; ethno-pedagogical) and principles of organizing the process of training future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities. Organizational and content block specifies content, forms, methods and organization of training future Physical training teachers for using means of choreographic art in professional activities. Diagnostically-resultative block of the model represents the anticipated results of implementation of pedagogical conditions by identifying the levels (low, medium, high) of formednessof future Physical Training Teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities as well as the result of this process which is positive dynamics of readiness of future Physical Training Teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities. According to the results of the forming stage of the experiment, there was confirmed the efficacy of the suggested pedagogical conditions of training of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities. Its methodology encompasses combination of complex and system pedagogical measures of influence on future Physical Training teachers aiming at their gradual formedness of all the components of readiness for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities. Statistical importance of the discovered changes in the levels of formedness of readiness of future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities of the experimental and reference groups was validated by corresponding mathematical processing of the received data via linear discriminant Fisher’s criterion φ*. It was proved that implementation of pedagogical conditions of training future Physical Training teachers for using means of choreographic art in their professional activities contributed to statistically significant changes. There were elaborated educational and instructional materials for training future Physical Training teachers for using means of folk choreographic art in their professional activities including the special course “Dancing khorting”; methodological recommendations “Eurhythmics and Choreography”: methodological recommendations for teaching the discipline and independent study of students of the specialty 014.11 “Secondary Education (Physical Training)” and 017 “Physical Training and Sport”. In order to improve the skills of physical education teachers and to diversify teaching practices in secondary education, a manual "Methods of studying the variable module" Dance Khorting" for institutions of secondary education was developed by the authoring team and approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (Minutes № 2 from 01. 07. 2019), there was worked out the variable module "Dance Khorting" for secondary schools of 10-11 grades (standard level); the curriculum for clubs of physical education and sports with health and applied orientation of general secondary education "Folk Dance" was approved for use by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine; the handbook for general secondary education institutions for studying the variable module "Dance Khorting" was developed in co-authorship.

The purpose of the study was to examine the teaching behaviours of Hong Kong physical education students teachers. Thirty-two local pre-service and in-service student teachers were videotaped teaching two ball games lessons in their own schools or in the allocated schools during their final practicum. Each videotaped lesson was coded using the Physical Education Teacher Assessment Instrument (PETAI). Data generated by the PETAI were comprehensively described and comparison was made between the two groups' behaviour categories by employing the independent t-test. Results indicated that the in-service group had significantly higher percentages of response presentation and total teacher instructional time than the pre-service group did, whilst the pre-service group spent significantly higher percentages of time in planned presentation, equipment management, activities organization, behaviour management and overall management time than did the in-service group. Six pre-service and in-service student teachers were randomly selected to participate in the second phase of the study. They were observed teaching two ball games lessons and were invited to take part in two pre-lesson interviews and two post-lesson stimulated recall sessions. Qualitative data were collected through lesson observation and interviews. Constant comparison and analytic induction were used to organize and categorize the data. Results showed that there were similarities and differences in teaching behaviours, teaching strategies and decision making during different stages of teaching between the two groups of subjects. Although the two groups of subjects held similar teaching beliefs and perceptions about physical education, they appeared to possess different teachers' knowledge of teaching. It was likely that the different teaching experience in physical education between the two groups accounted for the differences in their teaching behaviours. Findings of the present study hold implications for the preparation of physical education teachers.

Despite a number of reforms to education, concern over teachers’ knowledge and confidence to teach physical education persists. This thesis examines the process of becoming a primary physical educator at the initial stage of a teacher’s career. The aim of which is to consider the ways beginning teachers source their professional knowledge and the implications this has on their confidence to teach. The study argues for a clear articulation of the subject’s knowledge-base and proposes a framework for the development of knowledge in primary physical education initial teacher education. Participants were drawn from a range of providers in England and were in the final year of their programme. The research adopted a mixed method approach using an online survey to obtain quantitative data and interviews to elicit constructs about beliefs from four case-study participants. The study identified that beginning teachers had perceived high levels of confidence across the subject’s knowledge-base, but areas of most and least confidence were varied and personal to the individual. The sourcing of knowledge was mainly drawn from school and university settings, but in many cases personal interests and prior experiences formed a central role in sourcing content knowledge when no opportunity was presented. Despite the varying routes that exist to become a primary physical educator, this research argues that all beginning teachers require a breadth of knowledge during initial teacher preparation, with university and school partnerships offering explicit roles in developing professional knowledge to a secure level. It further argues that it is through a focus on individual teacher transformation, not merely reflection that will ensure inherent challenges faced by primary physical education will be addressed.

У тезах розглядається застосування принципу когнітивної візуалізації у підготовці майбутніх учителів фізики.
The thesis discusses the principle of cognitive visualization in the preparation of future teachers of physics.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Instructional Systems Technology, 2006.
"Title from dissertation home page (viewed June 26, 2007)." Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-06, Section: A, page: 2121. Adviser: Thomas Brush.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin -- La Crosse, 1999.
Digitized and made available by the University of Wisconsin--La Crosse, Murphy Library. Includes bibliographical references. Online version of print edition.

Eight years after the passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (PL 105-17), there still appears to be gaps in the efforts to ensure that students with disabilities are given a free and appropriate public education. While the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 aims to create school environments where teachers and paraprofessionals are highly qualified for all students, the issue of having adequately trained paraprofessionals assisting in physical education continues to be ignored. The purpose of this study was to determine the basic profiles of paraprofessionals assigned to physical education and to conduct a needs assessment for training. Participants (N=76) were comprised of paraprofessionals from city and county public schools grades Pre K -12 in Northwest and East Central Indiana, and Northwest Ohio. A twopart questionnaire was given to paraprofessionals in the classrooms to assess current responsibilities in physical education as well as identify training needs they might have in physical education. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, frequency counts, and measures of central tendency (means) to answer all research questions. Results indicated that paraprofessionals who assisted in physical education perceived themselves to be adequately trained despite not having much professional training. Paraprofessional responsibilities in physical education remained vague and unclear; however, results showed paraprofessionals were willing to receive training depending on training length of time and training topics offered.
School of Physical Education

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2007.
Title from title page screen, viewed on February 11, 2008. Dissertation Committee: Thomas P. Crumpler (chair), Todd A. McLoda, Cheri A. Toledo, Nancy I. Latham. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-88) and abstract. Also available in print.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between teachers' expectations of performance, teacher training, and student gender, with student achieved Academic Learning Time (A.L.T.) of grade six students. To examine the following relationships four main hypotheses were generated. It was hypothesized that: 1 There would be a positive relationship between A.L.T. and teachers' expectations of performance in Physical Education. 2 Teachers with Physical Education majors would have greater A.L.T. than those with Physical Education minors, or generalist classroom teachers. 3 There would be no difference in A.L.T. totals between student gender. 4 There would be less student off-task time in Physical Education majors classes, than in the Physical Education minors, and the generalist teachers'. This study also examines the relationship between teachers' perception of student effort, student grades in physical education, and student achieved Academic Learning Time. Finally, it was possible to investigate how student expectations of performance are developed by teachers in Physical Education. Six, grade six, classes taught by male teachers were selected for observation in the study. Two P.E. majors, two P.E. minors, and two generalist teachers' classes were observed. Each of these teachers conducted a rank-ordering of students in their class, based on their expectation of student performance. From this rank ordering, six students from each class were selected for observation during the study. Each class was observed three times, using the Academic Learning Time Version II instrument to collect data. At the conclusion of the study, teachers were also asked to submit student grades for the first and second term, rate student effort over the three observed lessons, and complete a teacher demographic information sheet. Results indicated that a positive relationship existed between teachers' expectancy and A.L.T.. It was found that P.E. majors had higher A.L.T. than did P.E. minors, or generalist teachers. No significant difference was found between student gender groups. Differences in off-task time levels were not noted between teacher training groups. A significant relationship was found between student perceived effort and student A.L.T.. Finally, it was indicated that teachers primarily use student ability and skill level in determining students' expectancy level. Recommendations for future research on this topic suggest that a larger sample size be used and that lesson and activity structure be controlled in comparative A.L.T. studies. It appears that more research is needed to substantiate the relationship between A.L.T. and teacher training, and the relationship between student achievement and A.L.T..
Education, Faculty of
Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of
Graduate

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the extent to which physical education teachers perceive that they use competency-based instruction and to assess some of the factors that influence them to use competency-based instructional strategies. It was also the intent of this study to design the Perceived CBI questionnaire specifically for this study.
The results indicated that physical educators did not utilize many of the CBI strategies frequently or all the time. Most evident was the lack of involvement of parents and volunteers in the instructional planning of individualized programs. Also evident was the limited use of the initial assessment information gathered from students to plan instructional programs that would meet the individual student's needs. A significant relationship between the perceived use of CBI by teachers and the years teachers have taught students with disabilities was noted. No significant relationship was noted between teachers perceived use of CBI and (1) the number of years they have taught physical education, (2) the number of courses taken in adapted physical education and (3) the number of courses in special education. Significant differences were noted between the perceived use of CBI by teachers and the level of education, and the type of school setting.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2004.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 182 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-164).

The purpose of this study was to investigate sources of knowledge acquisition of high school team sport coaches. Six teacher/coaches were interviewed using a semi-structured open-ended interview format. Cote, Salmela, and Russell's (1995) guidelines were used to inductively analyze and interpret the data. Results revealed three higher-order categories: (a) sources of knowledge acquisition, which highlighted the different ways coaches acquired their knowledge, including their physical education teacher training, observations and interactions with other coaches, as well as clinics and books; (b) personal and contextual factors, which included the internal and external factors influencing coaches' motivation and commitment to coach, including the challenges faced when teaching and/or coaching; (c) coaching tasks and duties which highlighted coaches' interactions with athletes, as well as their approach to training and competition. Interestingly, many of the findings in the current study were similar to those highlighted in previous studies pertaining to elite coach development, regardless of their undergraduate physical education teacher education (PETE) program or the fact that this sample was coaching high school athletes. However, results provided evidence to support the relative importance of practical coaching experience and interactions with other coaches as central in the development of these coaches. From a practical perspective, these findings could potentially enhance the quality and standard of formal coach education and PETE programs by incorporating more practical elements into the training of coaches and teacher/coaches.

The purposes of this study were (1) to identify the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Technology Integration Self Efficacy (TISE) and Instructional Technology Outcome Expectations (ITOE) of pre-service physical education teachers, (2) to examine the relationships among &ldquo
TPACK&rdquo
, &ldquo
TISE&rdquo
and &ldquo
ITOE&rdquo
, and (3) to examine the differences between pre-service physical education teachers who perceived and who did not perceive technology integration by their university instructors on &ldquo
TPACK&rdquo
, &ldquo
TISE&rdquo
, and &ldquo
ITOE&rdquo
scores. Seven hundred sixty pre-service physical education teachers from 14 randomly selected universities representing seven geographical regions in Turkey participated in the study. Data were collected by validated versions of &ldquo
TPACK&rdquo
, &ldquo
TISE&rdquo
, and &ldquo
ITOE&rdquo
surveys. Descriptive Analysis, Canonical Correlation Analysis, MANOVA, Independent t Test, and Qualitative Content Analysis were used for data analysis. Findings indicated that TPACK, TISE and ITOE perceptions of pre-service physical education teachers were at good level. University instructors were not good role models in technology integration for the pre-service teachers in general. According to the pre-service teachers&rsquo
report, integration of physical education and sport related emerging technologies were almost did not exist in the teaching practices of university setting.TPACK, TISE, and ITOE were moderately related with each other (p<
0.05). Preservice teachers&rsquo
self perceptions on TPACK, TISE, and ITOE were positively influenced by their perception of university instructors&rsquo
technology integration into teaching in university courses (p<
0.05). Based on the findings, it is recommended to provide professional development programs for the teacher education program instructors in technology integration, in teaching and in emerging physical education and sport related technologies. In addition, using technology integrated teaching models by both university instructors and pre-service teachers should be encouraged.

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether perceptions of cohesion served as a mediator between motivation and future participation (operationalized as intention to return). The participants were 162 intramural athletes participating in various team sport activities. Each participant completed a questionnaire that assessed cohesion (individual attractions to the group-task and-social; group integration-task and-social), motivation (amotivation, external regulation, introjected regulation, identified regulation, intrinsic motivation), and intention to return (using a one-item statement). The results found two mediational relationships: (a) individual attractions to the group-task served to mediate the relationship between intrinsic motivation and intention to return, (b) group integration-task served to mediate the relationship between intrinsic motivation and intention to return. A number of aspects related to the specific results are discussed.

The role of preventative management strategies in the development of discipline in the gymnasium and the classroom has been well established (Doyle, 1986; Siedentop, 1991). However, little research has specifically investigated the complete range of discipline techniques used by teachers to prevent misbehavior and to regulate it after its occurrence.
This study described the discipline techniques used by secondary physical education teachers and compared them to Henkel's (1991) Physical Education Pupil Inventory (PEPCI) developed for elementary teachers. Eight high school physical educators were observed for four lessons each and were interviewed following the observations. Discipline techniques observed and presented in interviews were analyzed by deduction into Henkel's PEPCI categories. The techniques that did not fit into Henkel's categories were inductively analyzed to identify any new categories emerging from the observation or interview data.
The results revealed that secondary physical education teachers used a repertoire of 32 discipline techniques including 21 techniques from Henkel's (1991) PEPCI. The only PEPCI technique that was not employed by secondary teachers was "physically reprimanding". The discipline techniques were divided into three major classifications: anticipatory, tutoring, and punitive (Henkel, 1991).

The study examined the process of training physical education (PE) teachers for the inclusion of children with special educational needs (SEN). This i nvolved a five-stage research process examining the views and opinions of government, statutory, and professional PE associations (the official line); PE Initial Teacher Training (ITT) providers (professional opinion and practice) and trainee and recently qualified PE teachers (the consumers). The inclusion of children with SEN in PE has risen up both the political and statutory agenda to such an extent that there is widespread evidence of policies being embedded across diverse sectors of society. Consequently, the study set out to examine how the current training of PE teachers for inclusive settings is implemented. As part of this examination it was expected to find evidence of an increased emphasis on the inclusion of children with SEN in PE across official line, professional opinion & practice, and consumer levels. The study found that whilst the inclusion of children with SEN in PE had increased in prominence (through official line policy), there was no systematic approach to implementing this policy (via professional opinion and practice and consumers) in practice. The study concludes by identifying key themes, and issues related to ensuring inclusive PE for children with SEN operates, within a coherent, systematic and joined up framework that ensures inclusive policies impact in practice.

The purpose of this study was to explore changes that occurred in physical education since the introduction of the New York State Standards in 1996 and ways teacher educators perceive related changes in both school and Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) programs. With the release of State and National Standards (NASPE, 1995), associated educational reform, assessment, and accountability have become important in physical education. Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with six participants considered experts in state standards. Cote, Salmela, and Russell's (1995) guidelines were used to inductively analyze and interpret the qualitative data. The results of the analysis yielded three categories: (a) reasoning behind standards, which included rationales, developments, and comparisons, (b) impacts of standards, which involved PE effects, PETE reactions, and negative responses, and (c) actions resulting from standards which focused on implementation, leadership, assessments and accountability, and forward directions. Relationships between the properties within each category produced four areas of greatest interest/importance: implementation, PE effects, rationales, and forward directions. The result of this study is a focused look at standards-based reforms in New York State upon which teachers, administrators, PETE professionals, and educational policy makers may reflect.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2000.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 325 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-302).

This study aims at creating an understanding of how teachers in Gambian primary schools, who have participated in Future in our hands in-service training, experience their motivation to teach. Three research question were defined to help us examining our purpose further; “Is motivation to teach a problem among Gambian teachers?”, “which factors are most important in order to create a motivational workplace?” and “which factors do the Gambian teachers experience to demotivate them in their work?“. A presentation on previous research in the field is given, which points out that motivation is a problem among many teachers in developing countries and that intrinsic as well extrinsic factors affects the motivation in both positive and negative ways. Twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted throughout The Gambia focusing on the respondents’ experiences about their motivation to teach. The collected material was analysed using Herzberg’s motivation-hygiene theory. The results showed that salary, interpersonal relations, lack of materials and facilities, possibilities for growth and promotion as well as workload were factors frequently mentioned in terms of creating motivation as well as demotivation to teach.

Despite having a successful physical education program at Etiwanda Intermediate School the need still remains for a written curriculum that ties in with the California State Framework (1994). The development of this project represents the beginnings of the goal of a written curriculum at Etiwanda Intermediate School. This will be an on-going process, through use of needs assessment surveys, including the teachers at all levels, focus on teaching practices, plenty of hands-on practice, and incentives for teachers. There is also an evaluation form to meet the needs in the ever-changing world of physical education.

The project examines the effects of gender and academic achievement on motivation for teaching in physical education. A total of 57 (Female = 33; Male = 24) preservice teachers, randomly selected from a Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) program in southern California participated in the study. Participants completed a Teacher Motivation for Teaching questionnaire (TMT-PE) and a demographic questionnaire. Results indicate that both male and female preservice teachers tend to be motivated for teaching by perceived feedback from other teachers, principals, and supervisors. Female teachers were more likely to be motivated by perceived feedback than male teachers.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1995.
Includes tables. Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: William G. Anderson. Dissertation Committee: Joseph Weir. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 201-218).

Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigated a single research question, that is: How do teachers experience the implementation of the Further Education and Training (FET) National Curriculum Statement (NCS) for Physical Science? The focus of the study was on searching the inner consciousness of Physical Science teachers as they engaged with the teaching of the subject on a daily basis. It is in the inner consciousness where one finds the truth about people’s perceptions, beliefs, emotions, challenges and convictions about/towards phenomena that the study sought to determine. In so doing, this study searched for phenomenological truth about the daily realities Physical Science teachers are faced with, as they implement the NCS. Phenomenological truth is floatable, precarious in nature, and subject to an individual’s perception of truth. It is important to note that phenomenological truth makes no reference to absolute truth. At the time this study was conducted the NCS was the only policy document with legal status for schools in South Africa. As a result the NCS influences and directs the pedagogical practices of teachers. This is because the NCS has a specific expectation of Physical Science teachers with regards to their understanding of the content, the delivery of the content, the learning environment, and professionalism. Through searching the consciousness of teachers, they revealed how they experienced what they do in the Physical Science classroom. In other words, how they experience what, how, when and who they teach. Probing into the consciousness of teachers and how they experience the implementation of the NCS provides valuable insight into the quality of curriculum delivery. This study did not only focus on the implementation of the NCS, but also examined why it might be difficult for teachers to change their practices. Phenomenology is both a theory and a method. The study was guided by the ideas of Edmund Husserl - who is regarded by many phenomenologists as the father of phenomenology, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and many other phenomenologists. Husserl (cited in Derrida, 1967) believed that we should begin any explanation with experience, which is a scientific description that does not presuppose any significance of the existence of the metaphysical world. By delving into the complexities of experience one can locate the flowing life of an individual’s consciousness as it occurs. Husserl posited the belief returning to the things themselves (cited in, Derrida, 1967; Spanos, 1976; Groenewald, 2004) to describe the purity of experience as data. In this study I sampled three teachers and employed a phenomenological methodological framework to capture their lived experiences. I used one-on-one semi-structured face-to-face interviews to construct the data. In addition, field notes were used to turn the direct experiences and observations of the participants into vivid descriptions. In phenomenology researchers use field notes to make the voice of people heard in the text. I drew on Husserl, Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty’s philosophical pathways that a person must be understood from his position within a specific time and place to present the findings. The major finding in this study showed that the teachers’ consciousness, with respect to Physical Science teaching was negatively influenced by the legacy of apartheid-education. This negative consciousness through which they framed their thoughts and filtered their ideas became the collective mindset through which they personified their teaching. The study revealed that the delivery of the NCS (by the teachers) was mostly axiomatised by old habits and images in their thoughts engrained in their memory under apartheid education. The findings also showed that their (teachers’) consciousness with regards to the NCS unconsciously oscillated between the present and the past and that they continuously and unconsciously bring the past (old ideas and beliefs) into the present. The teachers constantly have to struggle against the phenomenological self or attitude and ceaselessly suppose and follow thoughts of pre-comprehension or preconception.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doelwit van hierdie studie was om die volgende navorsingvraag te beantwoord: Hoe ervaar onderwysers die implementering van die Verdere Onderwys en Opleiding (VOO) Nasionale Kurrikulum Verklaring (NKV) vir Fisiese Wetenskap? Die hoofdoel was om meer insig te verkry oor wat binne onderwysers se psige plaasvind soos hulle op ‘n daaglikse basis hul uitleef in die Fisiese Wetenskapsklaskamer binne die raamwerk van die NKV. Dit is binne die psige waar hul persepsies, diepgewortelde waardes, emosies, en uitdagings rondom die NKV rus. Om hierdie rede is die studie geïntresseerd om die fenomenologiese waarheid van die alledaagse realiteite waarmee hulle aanhoudend gekonfronteer word, te myn. Fenominologiese waarheid is vloeibaar en verskil van persoon tot persoon en hou geen verwysing met absolute waarheid nie. Toe hierdie studie plaasgevind het, was die VOO NKV die enigste wettige beleidsdokument vir die deelnemers. Die onderwysers was dus verplig om die voorgeskrewe beginsels soos in die NKV saamgevat toe te pas in die voorbereiding en aanbieding van hul lesse. Die NKV beskryf in diepte die inhoud vir elke graad (10-12), hoe die inhoud aangebied moet word, die klaskamer atmosfeer, asook die professionalitiet van die opvoeders. Al die antwoorde soos saamgevat in laasgenoemde, lê bine die psige van die onderwysers. Die ondersoek van die psige van die onderwysers lei tot ‘n begrip van hoe, wat en waarom Fisiese Wetenskaps-onderswysers doen wat hulle doen. Alhoewel die fokus van hierdie studie op die implementering van die NKV is, dra dit ook by tot groeiende kennis aangaande hoekom onderwysers dit moeilik vind om hulle praktyke te verander wanneer dit kom by die hernuwing van ‘n kurrikulum. Fenomenologie is beide ‘n navorsingsmetode en ‘n teorie. Die literatuuroorsig van hierdie studie is geinspireer deur die idees van Edmund Husserl, wat bestempel word as die vader van fenomenolgie, asook Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, en veskeie ander fenomenoloë. Derrida (1967) is oortuig daarvan dat enige verduideliking akkuraat beskryf kan word indien geleefde ervaring in ag geneem word. Geleefde ervaring spreek direk tot die onderliggende psige van ‘n individu, en deur die psige te ondersoek, is dit moontlik om ‘n individu se oortuigings ten opsigte van sy/haar geloof, persepsies en uitdagings, asook hoe die individu reageer op hierdie aspekte te verstaan. Husserl gebruik die uitdrukking ‘returning to the things themselves’ wanneer hy verwys na die belangrikheid en oorspronlikheid van ervaring (vermeld in, Derrida, 1967; Spanos, 1976; Groenewald, 2004). Om hierdie rede is ‘n fenomenologiese metode gevolg om die lewenservaringe van drie swart onderwysers vas te vang. Hierdie fenomenologiese vertolkende ondersoek word deur veelvoudigemetodes van inligtingsinsameling gekenmerk. Inligting in hierdie studie oor die deelnemers se ervaringe is vekry deur middel van individuele onderhoude, en die ontleding van die inhoud daarvan. Addisionele inligting is verkry deur veldnotas. Die doelwit van die veldnotas was om die deelnemers se direkte ervaringe en waarnemings in besonderhede te beskryf. Die ontledingsbenadering van elke deelnemer is gedoen binne die raamwerk van Husserl, Heidegger en Merleau-Ponty wat gegrond is op teorieë wat die belangrikheid van plek en tyd uitbeeld. Die resultate van hierdie studie het getoon dat die onderliggende psige van elke deelnemer deur die nalatenskap van apartheid negatief beïnvloed is. Hierdie negatiewe denkpatrone waardeur die onderwysers se idees formuleer vorm die kollektiewe ingesteldheid waardeur hulle hul onderrigswêreld skep. Verder het die studie onthul dat hul aanbieding van die NKV meestal gedryf word deur ou gewoontes wat binne hul denke gekristalliseer het. Hulle vind dit dus moeilik om deur hierdie ou gewoontes te breek. Hul denke wissel gedurig tussen die verlede en die hede en roep die verlede voortdurend binne die hede. Alhoewel die bevindinge van hierdie studie gekoppel is aan plek en tyd is daar ‘n konstante struweling tussen die fenomenologiese self en hul ou gesette denke.

Iraq is confronted with the two-fold problem of extending vocational education and improving its quality. To improve the quality of vocational education it is necessary to improve the competence of inadequately trained teachers.Certain aims were formulated for the study which may be summarised as follows:1- Exploring and shedding light on the reality of the present situation of INSET activities.2- Ascertaining the perceptions among teaching staff regarding their INSET needs.3- Proposing new plans for INSET Programmes.This study is limited to the Iraqi vocational school teaching staff (both academic and vocational). The study sample was taken from the three representative provinces of Iraq, and four types of questionnaire were developed and used for the four groups (495 teachers and instructors, 42 administrators, 20 INSET trainers and 16 trainees involved in INSET courses). In addition to these, 13 experts and important educators were interviewed.The study is divided into 3 main parts (and comprise 11 chapters) together with an introductory chapter which reviews available INSET literature.

This thesis represents a part of a program of study that is reaching a closure. The broadest brush that could be applied to my work is that it concerns Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE), that it focuses on aspects of professional socialisation, and that it involves various case studies utilising naturalistic inquiry. Whilst it would be impossible and naive to believe that the reading of these texts will produce the meanings that I encourage, or have internalised, nevertheless the order of reading is at least something that I can argue for. Read in the order I suggest throughout the thesis I am hopeful that my subjectivities, and the learning and understandings I have reached may become clear. The purpose of this two part thesis is an exploration of the interplay or dialectic that exists between PETE students, academic staff and the subject matter within PETE. I have had to come to understand the limitations and advantages of insider research as the work has been completed at my University in the School of Human Movement and Sports Science where I have worked for twenty years. This thesis examines the extent to which studentship and oppositional behaviour underlies the dialectic that exists between the students and the various discourses within the program. I have written the study in two very different formats, one, a collection of stories about PETE and the other, an interpretative case study conducted during 1993 and 1994. Within the case study, studentship and oppositional behaviour were viewed as a measure of the extent to which students react and push against the forces of socialisation within their PETE program that is seen to represent dominant discourses, The following broad research questions were considered to enable the above analysis. 1. What is the nature of studentship and oppositional behaviour in a high status subject within PETE compared to a subject that is seen by students to be of little relevance and of low status? 2. How are studentship and oppositional behaviour related to students subjective warrants? 3. How are the studentship and oppositional behaviours exhibited by students related to the pedagogy and discourses reflected in the knowledge, beliefs and practices within the two sites. The starting point for this research was a study conducted as a totally separate research task (Swan, 1992) that investigated the hierarchies of subject knowledge within a PETE site and investigated the influence of such hierarchies upon student intention. A great deal of meta analysis exists about the manner in which a technocratic rationality pervades PETE but very little case study material of what this means to students and academic staff within such institutions is available. The stories in Between The Rings And Under The Gym Mat, which is the second part of this thesis, represent ‘the data’ differently from the case study, but they speak their own truth. At times the nature of the story is indistinguishable from the reality of the case study. Wexler (1992) undertook an ethnographic study about identity formation in three very different high schools, and published the findings in a book entitled Becoming Somebody. His introductory words about the nature of the social story he tells, are significant to this study and story. Social history is recounted by creative intervention that can only be made from culturally accessible materials. Ethnography is neither an objective realist, nor subjective imaginist account. Rather, it is an historical artefact that is mediated by elaborated distancing of culturally embedded and internally contradictory (but seemingly independent and coherent) concepts that take on a life of their own as theory. So, this is not ‘news from nowhere,’ but a theoretically structured story where both the story and its structure are part of my times. (p.6) The case study before you is organised with an analysis of studentship and oppositional behaviour detailed in chapter one. The following chapter conceptualises studentship and oppositional behaviour in relation to particular themes of professional socialisation, resistance to oppression and youth culture. Chapter three locates the case study to the major paradigmatic debates about the value and nature of the subject matter content within PETE, Chapter four outlines the case site, the research process and the research dilemma’s confronted in this study. The remaining three chapters are the case record as I can best understand it. In Between the Rings and under the Gym Mat (part B) the story most directly concerned with studentship and oppositional behaviour, is called Tale of Two Classes’. It takes on a very different reality to the case study (part A) and much can be said about the reality of lived experience which can be portrayed in narrative form as opposed to a clinical case study. Many of the other stories pose similar images that are contradictory and never quite complete. I have written a separate methodological section for the narrative stories. It is my intention that the case study and the series of stories should be viewed as essentially complementary, but also a discrete representation of a part of PETE. As part of the Ed D program I have undertaken four discrete research tasks as the starting point for this research I have referred to the first one (Hierarchies of Subject knowledge within PETE). I also undertook an action research project about ‘Teaching Poorly by Choice.’ A further piece of research was a somewhat reflective effort to draw together what this has all meant to me from a subjective and reflexive perspective. Such efforts are often seen as being self indulgent, as subjectivity in the form of lived experience sits uneasily in academia. A final paper involved an evaluation of Between the Rings and Under the Gym Mat from a pedagogical perspective by PETE professionals around the world. And that's the way things turned out.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1992.
Includes tables. Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: William G. Anderson. Dissertation Committee: Linda Darling-Hammond. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 229-233).

As teachers and society become more comfortable with various technologies, it is likely that technology will be implemented in all areas of the educational curriculum as well as physical education. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which individual physical education teachers in public schools were using technology as a tool for their students' education. Individuals who were currently teaching physical education in public schools in Indiana completed the Computer Usage Survey on the web (N = 400). To determine types of technology used, potential uses for technology, difference in the implementation of technology by gender and teaching experience, usage of the Internet, and physical educators' attitudes toward technology, statistics including descriptive statistics, Chi-square (X ), and One-way ANOVA were used (p < .05). The results of this study show that physical educators were more likely to use PC computers (both desktop and laptop) over Apple computers. Participant responses demonstrated a high usage of hardware devices such as Printers, hard drives, and CD drives, however, 5.25 floppy drives, external hard drives, Hand-held computers (i.e. Pocket PC or Companion PC), Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and smart boards were rarely used by physical educators. A significant positive relationship resulted between use of technology at school and at home. Significant differences were observed between male and female physical educators in types of technology used and purposes for using technology. Use of technology was significantly lower in the experienced physical educators group. Most of the physical educators use the Internet and they usually use it for research and teaching/assessment ideas. Physical educators in Indiana believed that technology has an important role and can enhance their teaching with implementation of technology. The findings of the present study demonstrated that use of technology among physical educators in Indiana has been changed dramatically within 10 years; however, the result emphasized importance of technology training programs for pre-service and in-service physical educators.
School of Physical Education, Sport, and Exercise Science