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T1 Wanting to become PE teachers in Spain: connections between previous experiences and particular beliefs about school Physical Education and the development of professional teacher identities
A1 González Calvo, Gustavo
A1 Gerdin, Göran
A1 Philpot, Rod
A1 Hortigüela Alcalá, David
K1 Teacher education
K1 physical education
K1 student teachers
K1 beliefs
K1 professional identity
K1 Enseñanza superior
K1 Education, Higher
AB Physical Education (PE) teachers have previous experiences that bothshape their particular beliefs about the role and purpose of this schoolsubject as well as their pedagogical practice. The present study aims toexamine and deepen our knowledge of future Spanish PE teachers’previous experiences of and beliefs about PE that condition theirpedagogical practice and intentionality within this school subject. Thedata reported on in this paper were generated through questionnaires,life-history stories and semi-structured interviews with 24 initial teachereducation students in the second year of a degree specialising in PE at aSpanish university. The data was analysed using content and narrative(thematic) analysis. The students, far from being tabula rasa, in theirresponses show how their previous socialisation period, theirsubjectivities and identities constitute particular beliefs about PEteaching. More specifically, the results reveal four key themes in thestudent teachers’ experiences and beliefs that represent four differentfactors influencing future PE teacher identities: (1) ‘Sport’; (2) ‘PE forhealth’; (3) ‘A focus on pedagogy’; and (4) ‘A critical orientation’. Inconclusion, the study reaffirms the need for further reflection on howprevious experiences and beliefs influence the development ofprofessional teacher identities as part of initial teacher education in PE.
PB Taylor & Francis Group
SN 1357-3322
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6281
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/6281
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 04-dic-2024