Health-Related Fitness and Physical Education Teachers' Content Knowledge

Autor/inn/en	Castelli, Darla; Williams, Lori
Titel	Health-Related Fitness and Physical Education Teachers' Content Knowledge
Quelle	In: Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 26 (2007) 1, S.3-19 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0273-5024
Schlagwörter	Teacher Characteristics; Teaching Experience; Self Efficacy; Physical Education; National Standards; Physical Education Teachers; Physical Fitness; Middle School Teachers; Questionnaires; State Standards; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Teacher Education; Tests; Scores; South Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Physical education; Physical training; Teacher; Teachers; Sportlehrer; Leistungsfähigkeit; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Fragebogen; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Examination; Prüfung; Examen
Abstract	This study examined what teachers know about health-related fitness (HRF) and how confident they are in their knowledge. Seventy-three middle school physical education teachers completed a 3-part cognitive HRF test and a self-efficacy questionnaire that required responses to statements about how confident they were in passing a HRF knowledge test. Results indicated that teachers were very confident in their knowledge of HRF; however, their actual HRF test scores did not meet the standard of achievement expected of a ninth-grade student as assessed by the South Carolina Physical Education Assessment Program. Further investigation of the influence of teacher characteristics related to HRF knowledge revealed that age and years of teaching experience significantly related to self-efficacy but not to HRF knowledge. This study implies that targeted teacher development is a necessary part of attaining and maintaining HRF knowledge required to teach to state and national standards. Teacher Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (Sample Questions) is appended. (Contains 1 table.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10