Preservice Physical Educators' Perspectives of Sport Education

Sport and Physical Education as a Means of Aesthetic Education

Aesthetics, the study of the philosophy of beauty, is not commonly thought of as a factor in the sporting education. It can be surprising therefore to find that sport and physical education provide innumerable opportunities for increasing aesthetic awareness. An aesthetic education can be attempted through the medium of the senses visual, musical, verbal and physical. It is the "physical" aspec...

Scholarly Behaviors of Physical Education Methods Teacher Educators in Ohio

Characteristics of Efficient Clinical Teachers: Nursing Educators’ and Students’ Perspectives

Introduction: The importance of clinical education in personal and professional development of nursing students and their clinical skills is undeniable, so any weakness in clinical education can decrease the efficacy of nursing graduates. One of the most important factors affecting clinical education is clinical teachers and their quality of teaching. The purpose of this study was to determine ...

EFL Teacher Educators and EFL teachers’ Perspectives on Identity-Oriented Teacher Education Programs

Different aspects of identity have been investigated across various educational fields. Although many studies have been done to investigate different aspects of EFL teachers’ identity development, there is a paucity of research on identity-oriented EFL teacher education programs. Hence, the purpose of the current study was to investigate EFL teacher educators’ and EFL teachers’ perspectives abo...

Perceptions of a disability sport unit in general physical education.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to assess the effectiveness of a disability sport unit in shaping perceptions of disability. Data from interviews, observations, and documents were collected on 87 elementary-aged students, one physical education teacher, and one teaching intern. Comparisons were drawn between fifth graders engaged in a five-week disability sport unit to fourth graders ...