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50 Years of ERIC
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Sofo, Seidu; Curtner-Smith, Matthew D. – Sport, Education and Society, 2010
Few studies have examined the value orientations of physical education preservice teachers (PTs). The purposes of this study were to: (1) describe the extent to which one cohort of PTs' value orientations changed and developed during a secondary methods course and early field experience (EFE); and (2) determine why PTs' value orientations changed…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physical Education, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum
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Stran, Margaret; Curtner-Smith, Matthew D. – Sport, Education and Society, 2009
Teachers' beliefs have a considerable impact on their instructional styles, methods, objectives and curricular organization. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of two preservice teachers' (PTs') value orientations on their interpretation and delivery of sport education (SE). A secondary purpose was to describe…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Preservice Teachers, Physical Education, Social Change
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Zmudy, Mark H.; Curtner-Smith, Matthew D.; Steffen, Jeff – Sport, Education and Society, 2009
Sport pedagogy researchers have contributed much to the literature on physical education teaching by describing the participation styles of children, youth and young adults in various settings. The purpose of this study was to describe the participation styles of children enrolled in two consecutive week-long summer adventure camps. Primary…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Adventure Education, Affective Objectives, Student Participation
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Curtner-Smith, Matthew D.; Hastie, Peter A.; Kinchin, Gary D. – Sport, Education and Society, 2008
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which newly qualified teachers employed the Sport Education (SE) model. In addition, we attempted to discover factors that led to and facilitated beginning teachers employing the model and those that did not. Participants were six American and four British beginning teachers. Data were…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Socialization, Beginning Teachers, Teaching Models
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Woodruff, Elizabeth A.; Curtner-Smith, Matthew D. – Sport, Education and Society, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine scary stories that young American adults recalled being told about physical education as they transferred from elementary school to secondary school. Participants were 70 undergraduate students. They were required to write about any scary stories concerning (a) secondary schooling in general, and (b)…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Physical Education, Student Attitudes, Personal Narratives
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Curtner-Smith, Matthew D.; Sofo, Seidu – Sport, Education and Society, 2004
In recent years there has been a growing interest in arming physical education teachers with critical pedagogies. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of a critically oriented methods course and early field experience (EFE) on 20 preservice teachers' (PTs) conceptions of the teaching-learning process. Data were collected using…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physical Education Teachers, Physical Education, Critical Theory