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Webster, Collin A. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2011
Personal biography influences preservice classroom teachers' (PCT) perceptions and attitudes related to school-based physical activity promotion (SPAP). Using an uncontrolled prepost design, this study investigated associations between biographical variables and changes in PCTs' SPAP attitudes and perceived competence while enrolled in a 16-week…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Biographies
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Gronn, Peter; Ribbins, Peter – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1996
Traditional research methodologies (questionnaire surveys) ignore the role of institutional contexts in defining and structuring human agency. Biography and ethnography acknowledge context's importance in constructing leadership systems and treat followers' implicit theories more effectively. This article discusses the purposes, problems, and…
Descriptors: Biographies, Context Effect, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education