Perceived Effectiveness of a Skill Analysis Training Program

Year 2024, Volume: 12 Issue: 4, 378 - 393

Shern Meng Tan

Abstract

Although skill analysis is important for physical education (PE) teachers, its training is underemphasized by the physical education teacher education (PETE) programs in Singapore. This study aims to examine the perceived effectiveness of the skill analysis training program, and ten pre-service PE student teachers who completed the skill analysis training program were interviewed. Data was analyzed using a thematic approach and six themes within the sub-categories of strengths, weaknesses, and suggestions to the skill analysis training program emerged: (1) Videos of correct skill performances facilitated participants' learning, (2) Learning activities enabled participants to analyze skills, (3) Checklists alone do not enable skill analysis, (4) Lack of opportunities for real-time skill analysis, (5) Combine learning activities 1 and 2, and (6) Provide opportunities for real-time skill analysis. Specifically, future skill analysis training programs should be instructor-led as pre-service PE teachers need guidance, participants should be provided with a clear understanding of the skill by providing checklists and correct skill performance videos simultaneously, and existing skill analysis attempts should be technology-aided until further research ascertain the effective transfer from video-based skill analysis to real-time.

Keywords

Fundamental movement skills, Movement analysis, Physical education teacher education, Qualitative movement diagnosis

Project Number

Not applicable

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