The influence of organizational socialization in preservice teachers' delivery of Sport Education

Jeremiah T. Deenihan, Ann MacPhail

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Abstract

Research investigating teachers' and preservice teachers' (PSTs) experiences delivering Sport Education (SE) necessitates further attention (Glotova & Hastie, 2014). Research that has been conducted to date has shared varied findings, with some teachers finding it difficult to teach SE in its entirety (Curtner-Smith, Hastie, & Kinchin, 2008). This study investigated seven PSTs' delivery of SE during their teaching placement in the final year of their physical education teacher education (PETE) program. Data were gathered through pre- and postteaching placement interviews and midteaching placement focus groups, which were analyzed using thematic coding and constant comparison (Miles & Huberman, 1994; Thomas, 2009). Occupational socialization (Lawson, 1983a, 1983b) was used as the framework to analyze the factors that influenced their learning and delivery of SE. Findings show that PSTs encountered specific difficulties related to teaching SE on teaching placement and that their cooperating teachers played a significant role in their delivery of SE.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)477-484
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Teaching in Physical Education
Volume36
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2017

Keywords

  • Models-based instruction
  • Occupational socialization
  • Physical education teacher education
  • Preservice teacher
  • Sport education

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