633 PETE Doctoral Program: Current Status and Future Directions

Friday, March 19, 2010: 4:15 PM-5:30 PM
Convention Center: Wabash BR 2
NASPE/Physical Education Teacher Education
Speakers: B. Ann Boyce, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and Linda Rikard, George Mason University, Manassas, VA
Findings from the 2009 Heitmann grant will be discussed. Specially, results will address three project questions: (a) number, characteristics and possible changes in doctoral granting PETE programs during the past 3 years; (b) “supply” (PETE doctoral candidate production plus the number of existing PETE professionals, who successfully changed positions) and “demand” (job positions availability) targeted to the academic year of 2008-2009, and (c) strategies for the enhanced production of future doctoral level PETE professionals.