Nonspecialist, Preservice Primary-School Teachers: Predicting Intentions to Teach Physical Education
Faulkner, Guy; Reeves, Colin; Chedzoy, Susan M.
Date: 1 July 2004
Article
Journal
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
Publisher
Human Kinetics Publishers
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to establish the utility of the theory of planned behavior in predicting nonspecialist, preservice primary-school teachers' intentions to teach physical education for 2 hr per week. A questionnaire was developed according to the recommended procedures and was administered to 128 final-year teacher trainees ...
The purpose of this study was to establish the utility of the theory of planned behavior in predicting nonspecialist, preservice primary-school teachers' intentions to teach physical education for 2 hr per week. A questionnaire was developed according to the recommended procedures and was administered to 128 final-year teacher trainees in two primary-teacher training courses in England. A variety of predictors were identified including: beliefs of significant others, such as parents; a positive assessment of control over difficult barriers; and experiences of past (teaching) behavior. The most significant predictor in discriminating between intenders and nonintenders, however, was personal exercise behavior. Helping preservice primary-school teachers become more physically active themselves might positively influence their intentions to teach physical education 2 hr per week more than alleviating barriers to teaching physical education.
School of Education
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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