TITLE:
Initial Training Programs’ Development in Physical Education through Video Viewing Courses of Exemplary Teaching Exercises
AUTHORS:
Ghazi Rekik, Naila Bali
KEYWORDS:
Video Viewing, Exemplary Teaching Exercises, Teacher Education, Physical Education
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.8 No.14,
November
9,
2017
ABSTRACT: The present study examined the effect of integrating video viewing courses of exemplary teaching exercises during the start-up of the academic year of teaching practice on the Pre-service Teachers’ perceptions towards the initial training programs’ effectiveness in physical education. Two hundred thirty two Pre-service Teachers (92 females and 140 males) aged between 21 and 23 (Mage±SD = 21 ± 1.8 years) were recruited. Participants were randomly allocatedinto a control group (46 females, 70 males) which received a Traditional Form of Initial Training Program (TF-ITP), and an experimental group (46 females,70 males) which received the New Form of Initial Training Program(NF-ITP). Responses to the Q4TE questionnaire (Grohmann & Kauffeld, 2013) for the assessment of the initial training programs’ effectiveness were obtained in the completion period of the initial training. The Pre-service Teachers’ perceptions regarding the initial training programs’ effectiveness were significantly higher during the NF-ITP in comparison with the TF-ITP (p