ERIC Number: EJ819839
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Nov
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1740-8989
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A Personal Journey: TGfU Teacher Development in Australia and the USA
Light, Richard; Butler, Joy
Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, v10 n3 p241-254 Nov 2005
This paper examines teacher development of TGfU in teacher education programmes in Australia and the USA by taking a cross-sectional snapshot across a sequence covering the final two years of a teacher education programme in which TGfU is emphasised, and the first two years of teaching after graduating from the same programmes. It explores the interrelated nature of the pre-service teachers' prior dispositions toward PE teaching, their reasons for adopting TGfU and their experiences of TGfU teaching. Conducting this research in two distinctly different cultural and insitutional settings provides a means through which we also explore the situated nature of teacher education and the effect that different cultural and institutional settings might have on TGfU teacher development. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Cultural Differences, Faculty Development, Comparative Analysis, Teacher Education Programs, Student Teacher Attitudes, Physical Education, Games, Learner Engagement, Student Motivation, Interviews, Educational Environment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; United States
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