Theory and Practice in the Context of Practicum: The Perspectives of Norwegian Physical Education Student Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Standal, Øyvind Førland; Moen, Kjersti Mordal; Moe, Vegard Fusche
Titel	Theory and Practice in the Context of Practicum: The Perspectives of Norwegian Physical Education Student Teachers
Quelle	In: European Physical Education Review, 20 (2014) 2, S.165-178 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1356-336X
DOI	10.1177/1356336X13508687
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Physical Education Teachers; Student Teacher Attitudes; Student Teachers; Practicums; Theory Practice Relationship; Interviews; Groups; Teaching Methods; Educational Theories; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Physical education; Physical training; Teacher; Teachers; Sportlehrer; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Practicum; Praktikum; Praktika; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Norwegen
Abstract	Previous studies have found that student teachers value the practicum over other parts of physical education teacher education and that they experience a gap between theory and practice in their education. The purpose of this study was to provide more knowledge about the theory-practice relations in the context of the practicum of physical education teacher education. Data were generated through focus group interviews with physical education teacher education students ("n" = 37) from three different university colleges in Norway. The analysis and discussion of the data material were framed with the concept of practical synthesis (Grimen, 2008). The findings indicate that students experience theory and practice as fragmented, but that they have a differentiated understanding of what theory is. The analysis also suggests that, for the students, university tutors occupy a rather distant role in the practicum and that it is mostly left to the students to make connections between theory and practice. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10