538Friday, April 11, 2008

8:45 AM-10:00 AMConvention Center:202D
Research Consortium
Symposium: Physical Education Teaching Efficacy - A Multiuniversity Study of Preservice Teachers
Teacher efficacy has been identified as among the most important teacher characteristics ever studied, and 20 years of research indicates it is a powerful variable affecting teaching and learning. However, teacher efficacy research has been criticized for treating the construct as a global disposition; recent efforts focus on teaching efficacy for specific content areas and tasks. In this symposium, we present an overview of teaching efficacy, an instrument for assessing teaching efficacy in physical education based on NASPE standards, and examine differences in preservice teachers’ physical education teaching efficacy at different program levels.
Keyword(s): professional preparation, research
Presider: Eddie Hebert, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
Speakers: Eddie Hebert, Charlotte Humphries and Kay Daigle, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA; and Jeffrey Martin, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Speakers:
Teaching Efficacy and Physical Education Teaching Efficacy: A Review
Eddie Hebert, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA and Jeffrey Martin, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Physical Education Teaching Efficacy Scale
Charlotte Humphries, Eddie Hebert and Kay Daigle, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
Physical Education Teaching Efficacy in Preservice Teachers: Descriptive Findings
Kay Daigle, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, Nell Faucette, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, Cliffa Foster, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX, Lynn Owens, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Paul Rukavina, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
Physical Education Teaching Efficacy at Different Stages of Preparation
Charlotte Humphries, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, Karen Fredenburg, Baylor University, Waco, TX, Jacalyn Lund, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, Russell Carson III, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Jon P. Gray, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

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