To enhance teaching effectiveness, university professors need multidimensional feedback on classroom transactions. The Teaching Feedback Model is a process that combines systematic observation of student and teacher behaviors with analysis of student learning. The paper describes the model, demonstrating its current use in college-level physical…

African American students (n=502) at 2 historically black colleges rated keeping in good health and physical condition the most important value of the physical education program. Physical self-efficacy was extremely significant. Findings were consistent with earlier findings from predominantly white colleges. (SM)

Reports a study that examined the events leading to a career decision in physical education teacher education (PETE) and investigated participant-described behaviors of two delayed-entry PETE students. Interview data revealed that significant life experiences prompted participants to reevaluate their career goals and pursue PETE careers. (SM)

This study examined the impact of an early field experience, combined with a methods course, on preservice physical education teachers' conceptions of the teaching-learning process. Results indicated that these preservice teachers were concerned with pupil learning or elements of teaching related to pupil learning, and focused primarily on…

This study examined the work roles of physical education teacher educators by gender and tenure status in research and doctoral-granting institutions. Surveys indicated that dissonance existed in the areas of research and teaching. Structural ambiguity was evident between institutional values and personal skills, particularly for tenured women.…

Interviews with 23 physical education cooperating teachers examined their preparation for becoming supervisors and their supervisory beliefs and practices. Most had no formal preparation and shared no common technical language, instead using memories of their own supervision and experiences. Through their own ingenuity, they exhibited three…

Reviews the theoretical bases and research related to sport and game instruction and sport expertise development. Literature that informs practice on sport and game teaching stems from various perspectives, including studies using an intervention perspective in pedagogy and studies describing the development of sport expertise over time. (SM)

Investigated the reactions of preservice physical educators toward elementary students' misbehaviors. Reactions were categorized according to their appeal to the student teacher's authority status. Student teachers listed causal attributions of the misbehaviors. Overall, student teachers used direct reactions and attributed the cause of…

Developed a strategy to assess two facets of cooperating teachers' (CTs') supervisory responsibilities: what they observed during lessons when preparing comments for student teachers and what they subsequently mentioned to students. Physical education CTs watched videotaped lessons, wrote critiques, and completed interviews. The strategy was a…

Describes the theoretical framework, methodology, and results of two scientific programs on content in physical education (PE): pedagogical content knowledge and the didactics of PE. Their similarities and differences and each one's contribution to teaching and learning of PE content are noted. Common themes (understanding processes at the origin…

Discusses the relationship between learning theories and teaching methodology (particularly in physical education) from the perspective of the researcher and the teacher, focusing on: the learning roots of teaching theories; learner engagement and cognitive processing; how much information the learner needs about content; the size of the chunk of…

Investigated elementary and secondary teachers' intentions to teach physically active physical education classes, examining a model hypothesizing that teachers' intentions were determined by subjective norm, attitude, perceived behavioral control, and self-efficacy. Teacher surveys supported the theories of reasoned action and planned behavior.…

Examined the value profiles of preservice and inservice physical educators from Belgium. Data from the revised Value Orientation Inventory indicated that years of teaching experience and type of teaching degree related to differences in values, but gender did not. Respondents' value profiles reflected recently introduced curricular innovations and…

Examined preservice teachers' beliefs about elementary physical education (PE) and the impact of a field-based elementary PE methods course on their beliefs. Participant surveys indicated that preservice teachers held similar beliefs about the values and purposes of elementary PE to those of PE professionals. The methods course positively impacted…

Examined preservice teachers' attitudes toward fitness tests in schools. Respondents had only slightly positive attitudes toward fitness tests and did not consider them very important or useful. These responses persisted as students' professional preparation increased. Previous experience with fitness tests influenced their attitudes, while age,…