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Health and physical education and the online tertiary environment at two universities: Preservice teachers' perceived 'readiness' to teach HPE
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McMahon, JA and Dinan Thompson, M, Health and physical education and the online tertiary environment at two universities: Preservice teachers' perceived 'readiness' to teach HPE, Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 39, (3) Article 6. ISSN 0313-5373 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2014 Edith Cowan University
DOI: doi:10.14221/ajte.2014v39n3.4
Abstract
In recent years in tertiary institutions in Australia, there has been a large increase of enrolments in Education courses delivered via an online/external mode. This has raised a number of concerns around the nexus of theory and practice and whether pre-service teachers feel ready to teach after completing Education study online. The purpose of this study is to examine pre-service teachers’ perceived readiness to teach Health and Physical Education (HPE) after engaging with the subject fully in an online tertiary environment. 26 pre-service teachers studying education online from two separate were involved in this study. Upon completion of the University semester and also after a practicum placement, qualitative data was collected detailing the pre-service teachers’ perceptions in regard to their readiness to teach HPE. Pre-service teachers’ perceptions are used as the primary data highlighting the varying levels of readiness to teach HPE.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Health and Physical Education; online; readiness; narrative |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Curriculum and Pedagogy |
Research Field: | Physical Education and Development Curriculum and Pedagogy |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Teaching and Instruction |
Objective Field: | Teaching and Instruction not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | McMahon, JA (Dr Jennifer McMahon) |
ID Code: | 88318 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2014-01-28 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-09 |
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