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T1 Physical Education Teachers’ Perceptions
of Support for Basic Psychological Needs
in Primary Education
T2 La percepción del profesorado de Educación Física sobre el apoyo a las necesidades psicológicas básicas en Educación Primaria
A1 Bonet Forteza, Pere Joan
A1 Hortigüela Alcalá, David
A1 Muntaner Mas, Adrià
K1 Physical education
K1 Basic psychological needs
K1 Self-determination theory
K1 Teacher perception.
K1 Profesores de educación física
K1 Physical education teachers
AB Introduction: In the context of Physical Education (PE), supporting basic psychologicalneeds (BPNs; autonomy, competence, and relatedness) is regarded as essential for fosteringself-determined motivation and promoting pupils’ wellbeing. However, limited evidenceexists regarding how teachers perceive and experience this process in their everydaypractice. This study aimed to explore the perceptions of Primary Education PE teachersconcerning the support they provide for these needs, with a focus on both the strategiesthey implement and the meanings they ascribe to them.Method: A qualitative methodology based on a case study design was adopted, employingindividual semi-structured interviews. Five in-service PE teachers participated in the study, allof whom were teaching at the Primary Education level in state schools in the Balearic Islands.Results: The results indicate that the participating teachers perceive themselves as supportingthese needs through a range of pedagogical strategies, albeit with differing levelsof depth. Moreover, tensions were identified between discourse and practice, arising fromorganisational structures, pedagogical beliefs, and policy requirements.Conclusions: The importance of understanding support for BPNs as an evolving ethical andprofessional responsibility is emphasised, one that demands collective reflection, distributedleadership, and institutional conditions conducive to a more motivating and coherentapproach to PE.
PB Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y del Deporte de Melilla (Universidad de Granada)
SN 1577-4147
YR 2025
FD 2025-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10259/12080
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10259/12080
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 12-sep-2026