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ERIC Number: EJ1409524
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 24
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0031-8981
EISSN: EISSN-2160-1682
Changes in Physical Education Teachers' Beliefs Regarding Motivational Strategies: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Stéphanie Girard; Audrey-Anne de Guise; Anne-Marie Hogue; Jean-François Desbiens
Physical Educator, v80 n6 p607-630 2023
Physical education teachers use motivational strategies that can (positively or negatively) affect their students' level of motivation and engagement. Indeed, according to their experiences and beliefs, some teachers may focus on strategies that thwart, rather than support, students' psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness). Effective professional development represents an excellent opportunity to help teachers use research-supported motivational strategies. Therefore, this study aimed to discover if attendance at a 2-day training course could positively affect PE teachers' beliefs regarding empowering motivational strategies. Specifically, 11 PE teachers (experimental group = 6 [attending the training]; control group = 5 [no training]) from primary school (n = 6) and secondary school (n = 5) expressed their beliefs (effectiveness, feasibility, and normality) regarding 31 empowering motivational strategies proposed during training at the beginning (October) and the end (April) of the school year. Results of the Wilcoxon signed-rank test for related samples indicated no significant differences for the belief regarding effectiveness in either group. However, some positive significant changes (p [less than or equal to] 0.05) occurred in the experimental group for two motivational strategies supporting students' need for autonomy and one supporting their need for competence. Given the small sample, positive trends (p [less than or equal to] 0.10) are also considered results of interest. In conclusion, the training appears likely to impact teachers' beliefs. However, future professional development should provide additional feedback and follow-up time with teachers during experimentation with students to allow teachers to refine their understanding and use of the motivational strategies proposed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada (Montreal)
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