Learning To Teach Health And Physical Education The Experiences Of Elementary Student Teachers

Learning to Teach Health and Physical Education: The Experiences of Elementary Student Teachers

This research investigates elementary student teachers' experiences of learning to teach health and physical education (HPE) in a one-year pre-service teacher education program at Windermere University in Canada. The participants in the research are preparing to become elementary classroom teachers; a group who often recall negative prior experiences of HPE from their time as school pupils and report an overwhelming lack of preparation and confidence to teach HPE. Mixed-methods of data gathering were employed in the form of pre- and post-test surveys of 308 student teachers, and three interviews conducted with a purposive sample of ten student teachers. Four main findings emerged from the research. First, elementary student teachers' embodied identity as healthy and physically active individuals profoundly shaped their prior experiences of HPE. Second, the 12-hour HPE course offered in Windermere's pre-service program broadened student teachers' views of HPE and provided them with some basic strategies for teaching elementary HPE. Third, the practice teaching experience provided some student teachers with opportunities to either observe or to try teaching HPE; few had opportunities to do both. Fourth, there was a positive and statistically significant change in student teachers' identities as teachers of HPE from the beginning to the end of the pre-service teacher education program. Implications for school HPE, pre-service teacher education programs, policy regarding teachers of HPE, and future avenues for research are discussed in light of the findings.

Learning to Teach Health and Physical Education

Learning to Teach Physical Education in the Secondary School

This fully updated fifth edition of Learning to Teach Physical Education in the Secondary School is a comprehensive, yet accessible guide for all student secondary physical education teachers. Practical and insightful advice is combined with theory and research to support you in developing as a student teacher. This core text is an ideal guide to support you in developing your knowledge for teaching, your basic teaching skills and your ability to reflect critically on what you are doing and why, enabling you to cope in a range of teaching situations. Including updated material to cover changes in policy and practice, curriculum and assessments, the fifth edition of this essential textbook focuses on: Starting and developing your teaching journey Planning, teaching and evaluating physical education lessons for effective pupil learning Looking beyond your teacher education. New chapters include Essential knowledge bases for teaching physical education Guidance on using digital technologies Health in the physical education lesson Written with university and school-based initial teacher education in mind, Learning to Teach Physical Education in the Secondary School is an essential source of support and guidance for all student physical education teachers embarking on the challenging journey of developing as an effective teacher.