Physical education student teachers' perceptions of applying knowledge and skills about emotional understanding studied in PETE in a one-year teaching practicum

Autor: Pilvikki Heikinaro-Johansson, Ulla Klemola, Mary O'Sullivan
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Physical Education & Sport Pedagogy. 18:28-41
ISSN: 1742-5786
1740-8989
DOI: 10.1080/17408989.2011.630999
Popis: Background: Recently, there has been growing interest in the emotional aspects of teaching and learning in general education and in physical education (PE). Scholars have argued that high-quality teaching and learning depend on a teacher's knowledge of students' emotions (Hargreaves 1998, 2000, 2002; McCaughtry 2004; McCaughtry and Rovegno 2003; Owens and Ennis 2005; Poulou 2007; Sutton and Wheatley 2003). To this end, three course modules in social and emotional learning (SEL) were added to the degree programme for PE students in Finland. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine student teachers' retrospective perceptions of implementing social and emotional strategies to build emotional understanding with students during a one-year teaching practicum. Participants and setting: The participants were 17 (eight women and nine men) PE student teachers at a university in central Finland in the fourth or fifth year of their PETE programme. The present study used a descriptive and interpretive case st...
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