ERIC Number: EJ961823
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Publication Date: 2011
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Quantitative Analyses about Market- and Prevalence-Based Needs for Adapted Physical Education Teachers in the Public Schools in the United States
Zhang, Jiabei
Physical Educator, v68 n3 p140-149 2011
The purpose of this study was to analyze quantitative needs for more adapted physical education (APE) teachers based on both market- and prevalence-based models. The market-based need for more APE teachers was examined based on APE teacher positions funded, while the prevalence-based need for additional APE teachers was analyzed based on students requiring APE services. All relative data available in The 27th Annual Report to Congress (USDE, 2007) and a national APE job survey (Kelly & Gansneder, 1998) were used. Results indicate that 640 more qualified APE teachers are needed to fill out all the APE positions currently funded (a shortage of 9.15%) and 20,087 more qualified APE teachers are required to meet needs by all the students requiring APE services (a shortage of 75.96%), resulting in a substantial difference of 19,447 additional APE teachers with full certifications needed between the prevalence- and market-based models (a shortage difference of 66.81%). Implications of these results are discussed in this article. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Incidence, Primatology, Physical Education Teachers, Statistical Analysis, Educational Finance, Student Needs, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Certification, Models
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