ERIC Number: EJ862183
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 10
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Elementary Classroom Teachers Attitudes and Perspectives of Elementary Physical Education
Barney, David; Deutsch, Joe
Physical Educator, v66 n3 p114-123 Fall 2009
Physical educators have long proclaimed that physical education class is an important academic discipline to a students' education. With learning objectives taking place in the affective, cognitive and psychomotor domains. Yet, physical education has been marginalized in today's society. One way to gain support of physical education is getting support from other educators. The literature suggests that teacher's need to promote their programs to gain support and lose the marginality tag that has been place on physical education. For this study the researchers surveyed elementary classroom teachers (n=219). The survey consisted of seven questions, and of the five questions the classroom teachers were asked to further explain their responses to the survey question. The purpose of this study was to obtain and better understand elementary classroom teacher's attitudes and perspectives regarding elementary physical education. Generally, elementary classroom teachers attitudes were positive towards elementary physical education. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Physical Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Surveys, Likert Scales, Program Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Dakota; Oklahoma; Utah
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