High School Students' Experiences in a Sport Education Unit: The Importance of Team Autonomy and Problem-Solving Opportunities

Autor/inn/en	Smither, Katelyn; Xihe Zhu,
Titel	High School Students' Experiences in a Sport Education Unit: The Importance of Team Autonomy and Problem-Solving Opportunities
Quelle	In: European Physical Education Review, 17 (2011) 2, S.203-217 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1356-336X
DOI	10.1177/1356336X11413185
Schlagwörter	Physical Education; Team Sports; Problem Solving; Interviews; Physical Education Teachers; Instructional Effectiveness; High School Students; Athletics; Teamwork; Role; Grade 9; Observation; Active Learning; Teaching Methods; Learner Engagement; Personal Autonomy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Mannschaftssport; Problemlösen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Physical education; Physical training; Teacher; Teachers; Sportlehrer; Unterrichtserfolg; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Leichtathletik; Rollen; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Beobachtung; Aktives Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Individuelle Autonomie
Abstract	This study examined high school students' experiences in a Sport Education unit being implemented with smaller teams and fewer roles. The participants included one physical education teacher and her 70 ninth-grade students. Each week, we conducted two to three observations and four to six informal interviews with the participants for over eight weeks. We also conducted a structured interview with the teacher and four interviews with 12 students. Data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using open and axial coding. Two themes emerged from data analysis. First, Sport Education transformed students from passive into active learners, reflected in team autonomy and problem solving. Second, smaller teams produced higher engagement especially in those students who rarely participated in the traditional team sport unit, reflected through their willingness to "work together" to be successful. The results point to the importance of team autonomy and problem-solving opportunities that transformed students into active learners. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10