The practicum is regarded as an important component of teacher education programs. There are many variables inherent in the learning environment of the practicum. The study focussed on the learning environment of an extended practicum of a teacher education course at a Catholic university. The paper outlines the development of an instrument designed to explore the perceptions of different membe...

Nicaise and Cogérino are with the Laboratory “Center of Research and Innovation on Sport” E.A. 647, UFRAPS—Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France; Julien Bois is with the “Laboratoire dʼAnalyse de la Performance Sportive” at the University of Pau, France. Anthony J. Amorose is with the School of Kinesiology and Recreation, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL. Students’ Perceptions of Te...

Many school-based physical activity (PA) interventions have been developed, but only a few have assessed their long-term effects. A PA intervention taking place in the first four years of some Slovenian primary schools entails an enhanced physical education (PE) curriculum, including two extra lessons of PE per week, a wider selection of PE content, and additional outdoor education delivered by...

Her geçen gün artan işsiz sayısı ekonomik ve sosyal hayatı etkileyen önemli bir toplumsal sorun olmuştur. Tüm dünyada var olan işsizlik, Türkiye'de de problemlerin en önde gelenlerinde biridir. Gündemdeki öncelikli konulardan biri son yıllarda daha ciddi boyutlara ulaşmış yapısal haline gelmiştir. Bu bilgiler doğrultusunda bu çalışmanın amacı; Beden eğitimi spor öğretmeni adaylarının iş bulma k...

This study investigates the factors influencing integration of ICT in teacher education in Vietnam, an emerging developing country, at the beginning of integration of ICT. Exploratory multiple regression analysis addresses the importance of different factors at the teacher level and the importance of the teacher education institute for the integration of ICT in teaching practice. The use of ICT...

Sara Higueras-Fresnillo, Pilar Guallar-Castillón, Verónica Cabanas-Sanchez, José R. Banegas, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, David Martinez-Gomez Department of Physical Education, Sport, and Human Movement, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/...

We present a research work about an innovative national teacher training program in France: the Pairform@nce program, designed to sustain ICT integration. The Pairform@nce trainings are grounded in a principle of collective lesson design by teams of trainees; they associate face-to-face and distant training. We study here a training for secondary school teachers, whose objective is to foster th...