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Professional identity among student teachers of physical education : the role of physicality

Päivi HökkäHelena Rasku-puttonenJukka VirtaAnneli Eteläpelto

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fyysisyysmedia_common.quotation_subjectIdentity (social science)Student teacherEducationPhysical educationphysicalityammatti-identiteettistudent teachersPedagogyta5160501 psychology and cognitive sciencesSociologyprofessional identityopettajankoulutusCentral elementmedia_commonteacher educationopiskelijat05 social sciences050301 educationopettajatTeacher educationphysical educationCriticismThematic analysisphysicality in professional identity0503 education050104 developmental & child psychologyDiversity (politics)

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In this study, we investigate the role of physicality in the professional identities of physical education (PE) student teachers. Twenty PE student teachers participated in semi-structured interviews during their final teaching practice. Data were analysed using qualitative thematic analysis (Braun and Clarke 2006) and typologies (Patton 2002). The results showed substantial diversity in the student teachers’ conceptions of physicality and the ways these conceptions were embedded in their developing professional identities. The results also brought to light criticism directed at traditional notions of the body and physicality in PE and PE teacher education (PETE). We suggest that conceptions of the body and physicality represent a central element of PE teachers’ professional identity. The results also indicate a relationship between conceptions of physicality and pedagogies implemented in the future. Time and place for student teachers to discuss body-related matters should be provided in PETE. peerReviewed

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2019-02-06
http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201903141862