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"I Want Kids to Have the Same Feeling as I Do towards Physical Activity": Acculturation of British Preservice Physical Education Teachers
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Matthew D. Curtner-Smith; Andrew Theodoulides; Anne Chappell; Elizabeth Harris; Gary D. Kinchin – European Physical Education Review, 2025
The purpose of this study was to describe the acculturation of six British physical education (PE) preservice teachers (PSTs). The research questions we sought to answer were: (a) What were the PSTs' values, beliefs, and perspectives regarding PE? and (b) What factors shaped the PSTs' values, beliefs, and perspectives during their acculturation?…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, College Students
Recruitment of Undergraduate Students in Kinesiology: Implications for Physical Education
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Richards, K. Andrew R.; Gawrisch, Daniel P.; Shiver, Victoria N.; Curtner-Smith, Matthew D. – European Physical Education Review, 2021
Physical education teacher education enrollment numbers are declining with limited empirical understanding. Recruitment into the physical education profession has been passive, although scholars have begun to advocate for an active approach. The present study utilized occupational socialization theory to understand why undergraduate kinesiology…
Descriptors: Student Recruitment, Undergraduate Students, Kinesiology, Physical Education