The Effect of an In-Service PE Teacher Training Programme on the Fitness Levels of Learners

Autor/inn/en	Van der Westhuizen, Stephan J.; du Toit, Dorita; van der Merwe, Niekie
Titel	The Effect of an In-Service PE Teacher Training Programme on the Fitness Levels of Learners
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Education, 43 (2023) 2, Artikel 2165 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Van der Westhuizen, Stephan J.) ORCID (du Toit, Dorita) ORCID (van der Merwe, Niekie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-0100
Schlagwörter	Inservice Teacher Education; Physical Education Teachers; Teaching Methods; Physical Fitness; Student Motivation; Self Determination; Psychological Needs; Personal Autonomy; Physical Activities; Psychomotor Skills; Motor Development; Comparative Analysis; Intervention; Program Effectiveness; Grade 7; Foreign Countries; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerfortbildung; Physical education; Physical training; Teacher; Teachers; Sportlehrer; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Leistungsfähigkeit; Schulische Motivation; Selbstbestimmung; Individuelle Autonomie; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Motorische Entwicklung; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Although physical education (PE) provides a school-based platform for the enhancement of learners' physical health, implementation challenges can have a detrimental effect on learners' motivation to participate in physical activities and their fitness levels. Within the framework of the Self-determination Theory (SDT), meeting learners' basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness in the PE class, can promote their fitness levels by enhancing their intrinsic motivation to be physically active. The purpose with this study was to investigate the effect of an in-service PE teacher training programme including needs-support teaching strategies on the physical and motor fitness levels of the learners of the participating teachers. Using a pre- and post-test experimental design, the fitness of 1 control and 4 experimental groups were assessed using standardised tests before and after the intervention programme. The intervention included implementing the needs-support teaching strategies acquired by the teachers during the once-off, 5-day teacher training programme, for 4 months while receiving continued support from the instructors of the course during those 4 months. The results show that the programme had a positive effect on the fitness levels of the learners in most of the tested fitness components, warranting the recommendation of SDT-based in-service training of PE teachers to support learners' motivation towards physical activity and fitness. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01