In literature researchers usually mention student teachers’
teacher education program and after that.
On the contrary, student teachers’ experiences about
their primary, elementary and high school physical
education are rarely mentioned. The aim of this
study was to explore the effects of student teachers’
acculturation and professional socialization on teaching
practice course with a triangle of the student
teacher, cooperating teacher, and university supervisors.
In this study, the action research of qualitative
research design was used. Participants of this study
were two male and one female student teachers who
were 4th-grade students in Physical Education and
Sports Teacher Education Department, one male cooperating
teacher and one female teacher educator
and her assistant responsible for teaching practice
course of the university. Data collection tools were
semi-structured interviews, field notes and student
teachers’ lesson plans. Collected data were analysed
by content analysis (Patton, 2002). After the analysis,
there were 2 themes named “remains from secondary
school and high school physical education classes” and
“prior experiences for being a physical education teacher”.
The results indicated that teaching practice course
is productively affected by student teachers’ previous
physical education experiences and time spent in
university before their inaugurations. It is seen that the
help of university supervisors and the cooperating teacher
is needed to solve encountered the problems. As
a consequence, student teachers’ physical education
course experiences gained during secondary and high
school education positively or negatively affect their
experiences in the profession during undergraduate
education. University supervisors and the cooperating
teachers should concertedly intervene into teaching
practice period of student teachers by taking into consideration
of their experiences gain during acculturation
and professional socialization.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Sports Medicine, Health Care Administration |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | March 16, 2018 |
Submission Date | February 7, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017 Volume: 28 Issue: 4 |
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