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The impact of initial teacher education on understandings of physical education: asking the right question

Ní Chróinín, Déirdre ORCID: 0000-0002-0920-980X and Coulter, Maura ORCID: 0000-0001-9406-2349 (2012) The impact of initial teacher education on understandings of physical education: asking the right question. European Physical Education Review, 18 (2). pp. 220-238. ISSN 1543-5474

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Abstract

Evaluation of professional socialisation can provide insight on the impact of Physical Education Teacher Education. A large-scale (n=326) single question ‘What is PE?’ qualitative methodology was used to access pre-service primary teachers’ understandings of the nature and purpose of physical education . Data analysis involved word frequency queries and coding using a qualitative coding framework based on the dominant discourses of physical education. Trustworthiness of the analysis was addressed using memos, coding checks and peer de-briefing. While responses at the beginning of the programme were dominated by sport and health discourses, an educational discourse grounded in the key messages of the primary physical education curriculum with emphasis on equality of opportunity emerged at the end of the programme. The complexity of addressing understandings in teacher education contexts is highlighted.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Physical education; teacher education; physical culture; teacher socialisation; evaluation
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
Medical Sciences > Sports sciences
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science
DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of Arts Education & Movement
Publisher:Sage
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1356336X12440016
Copyright Information:© 2012 Sage
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:21481
Deposited On:14 Nov 2016 17:09 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 08 Aug 2022 09:24

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