ERIC Number: EJ1448257
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-6297
EISSN: EISSN-1543-2750
Physical Education Pre-Service Teachers Constructivist Teaching Practices: A Multilevel Analysis
Ana F. Backes; Valmor Ramos; Ricardo T. Quinaud; Sergio J. Ibáñez; Juliana Pizani; Humberto M. Carvalho; Juarez V. Nascimento
Quest, v76 n4 p481-496 2024
This study examined Physical Education Pre-Service Teachers' (PSTs) perceptions of their teaching from constructivist teaching practices and their variation among PSTs' responses when aggregated by sex, teaching practices curriculum, extension project, and university type. The sample consisted of 869 Physical Education PSTs from Brazil (female = 399 and male = 470). Data were collected through an online form and modeled using Bayesian multilevel ordinal regression analysis. Our results showed that there was substantial variation in perceptions about constructivist teaching practices by the teaching practices curriculum during graduation and small variation by sex and participation in extension projects. The present study highlights that Brazilian PSTs in Physical Education tended to perceive their teaching oriented to constructivist practices. Furthermore, there is a need to consider student-, curriculum-, and contextual-level factors in the intention to adopt constructivist teaching practices in games and sports.
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Teaching Methods, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Games, Athletics, Bayesian Statistics, Gender Differences, Curriculum
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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