ERIC Number: EJ1318143
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Apr
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Toward a More Comprehensive Picture of Physical Education Teaching Quality: Combining Generic and Content-Specific Practices
Kyriakides, Ermis; Tsangaridou, Niki; Charalambous, Charalambos Y.; Kyriakides, Leonidas
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, v40 n2 p256-266 Apr 2021
Purpose: This study explores physical education teaching quality and its effects on student psychomotor learning by bringing together generic and content-specific practices. Method: A sample of 51 elementary classroom teachers who taught physical education to third-, fourth-, or fifth-grade students (N = 944) was recruited. Student psychomotor development was measured through a pre- and postperformance test. Teaching quality was captured through classroom observations and a student survey. Results: Findings showed that more teacher-level variance was explained when combining generic and content-specific practices, as compared with that explained when considering either type of practices in isolation. Teaching aspects from both types of practices were found to be important predictors that could discriminate among teachers based on their level of effectiveness. Conclusion: A comprehensive framework of physical education teaching effectiveness could be developed involving both types of practices. This framework could be used for both summative and formative purposes in preservice or in-service teacher education programs.
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Quality, Elementary School Teachers, Psychomotor Skills, Physical Education Teachers, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Educational Practices, Teacher Effectiveness, Guidelines, Comparative Analysis, Tests, Motor Development, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Classroom Observation Techniques, Predictor Variables
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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