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"Things That Are Taken from One Culture Don't Necessarily Work Well in Another Culture." Investigating Epistemological Tensions through Preservice Teachers' Views on the Assessment of a Games Course in Swedish PETE
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Backman, Erik; Tidén, Anna; Wiorek, Dan; Svanström, Fredrik; Pihl, Lars – Cogent Education, 2021
As a part of the discussion about how movement knowledge is valued in physical education teacher education (PETE), issues of assessment have been brought to the fore. Studies have shown that how and when movement knowledge is assessed is strongly culturally dependent and based different epistemological orientations. The aim of this paper is to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
The Value of Movement Content Knowledge in the Training of Australian PE Teachers: Perceptions of Teacher Educators
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Backman, Erik; Pearson, Phil; Forrest, Gregory John – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2019
The purpose of this paper is to describe, analyse and discuss the statements made by Australian physical education teacher educators (PETE) in terms of how they perceive and value movement content knowledge (CK) in their assessment of movement courses. Drawing on Shulman's perspective of CK, this paper builds on qualitative analysis of in-depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Physical Education Teachers, Movement Education
"We Should Assess the Students in More Authentic Situations": Swedish PE Teacher Educators' Views of the Meaning of Movement Skills for Future PE Teachers
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Backman, Erik; Pearson, Phil – European Physical Education Review, 2016
The question of what knowledge a student of Physical Education (PE) needs to develop during PE teacher education (PETE) was recently discussed. One form of knowledge is the movement practices that students must meet during their education. Given the limited time, a delicate matter is whether to prioritize movement knowledge and consider it as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Educators
What Should a Physical Education Teacher Know? An Analysis of Learning Outcomes for Future Physical Education Teachers in Sweden
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Backman, Erik; Larsson, Håkan – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2016
Background: Research indicates that physical education teacher education (PETE) has only limited impact on how physical education (PE) is taught in schools. In this paper, our starting point is that the difficulties of challenging the dominating subject traditions in PE could be due to difficulties of challenging certain epistemological…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Education