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Direct linkMay, Leah K.; Curtner-Smith, Matthew D.; Wind, Stefanie A. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2022
Purpose: To determine the influence of an elementary methods course and early field experience on eight preservice teachers' (PTs') value orientations. Method: The theoretical perspective employed was occupational socialization. Data were collected with the short form of the value orientation inventory and five qualitative techniques (formal and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Field Experience Programs
Sofo, Seidu; Curtner-Smith, Matthew D. – Sport, Education and Society, 2010
Few studies have examined the value orientations of physical education preservice teachers (PTs). The purposes of this study were to: (1) describe the extent to which one cohort of PTs' value orientations changed and developed during a secondary methods course and early field experience (EFE); and (2) determine why PTs' value orientations changed…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physical Education, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum
Peer reviewedCurtner-Smith, Matthew D. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1996
This study examined the impact of an early field experience, combined with a methods course, on preservice physical education teachers' conceptions of the teaching-learning process. Results indicated that these preservice teachers were concerned with pupil learning or elements of teaching related to pupil learning, and focused primarily on…
Descriptors: College Students, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Methods Courses
Curtner-Smith, Matthew D.; Sofo, Seidu – Sport, Education and Society, 2004
In recent years there has been a growing interest in arming physical education teachers with critical pedagogies. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of a critically oriented methods course and early field experience (EFE) on 20 preservice teachers' (PTs) conceptions of the teaching-learning process. Data were collected using…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physical Education Teachers, Physical Education, Critical Theory
