Promoting schoolchildren’s self-esteem in physical education: testing the effectiveness of a five-month teacher training     

Benjamin Rubeli  Esther Oswald  Achim Conzelmann  Jürg Schmid  Stefan Valkanover 《Physical Education & Sport Pedagogy》2020,25(4):346-360

ABSTRACT

Background: Schoolchildren’s personality development is considered a central goal of physical education (PE). With regard to the relationship between psychological well-being and global self-esteem over the life course, the promotion of positive self-esteem is an issue of particular significance. Past research revealed that PE taught with an individualized teacher frame of reference (iTFR) and a reflexive teaching style is associated with positive effects on facets of children’s perceived sports competence. However, it remains an open question whether this teaching styles has the potential to promote positive self-esteem.

Purpose: The present study investigated whether a five-month teacher training, aimed to enhance the teachers’ iTFR and their reflexive teaching style in PE, has a positive effect on students’ perceived sports competence and their global self-esteem. To analyse the implementation quality, changes in students’ perceived iTFR and perceived reflexive teaching style were investigated.

Method: A total of 21 teachers were assigned to either an intervention group (n?=?13), receiving the five-month teacher training, or a control group (n?=?8) consisting of regular teaching without teacher training. The teacher training encompassed five three-hour consecutive sessions during which the teachers acquired theoretical and practical knowledge about the promotion of competence perceptions in PE with a reflexive teaching style and an iTFR. Between the sessions, the teachers were instructed to implement an iTFR and a reflexive teaching style into their own PE classes. To evaluate the effects of the teacher training, their students’ (N?=?315, 53.7% girls, M_age?=?13.2 y, SD_age?=?1.3 y) perceived teaching style (iTFR and reflexive teaching), perceived sports competence and global self-esteem were measured with paper-pencil questionnaires at three measurement points (pre, post and follow-up).

Findings: Linear mixed effect models showed that students of the intervention group reported an increase in their teachers’ reflexive teaching style, but there were no changes with regard to iTFR. With regard to students’ perceived sports competence and global self-esteem, there were significant interaction effects between time and group over a period of eight months (from pre-test to follow-up), indicating positive effects on these self-concept dimensions due to the teacher training.

Conclusion: The present study indicates that a long-term teacher training supports PE teachers to implement teaching styles with the aim to promote students’ self-concept. Furthermore, the findings lead to the assumption that a more pronounced iTFR in combination with an enhanced reflexive teaching style has the potential to positively influence schoolchildren’s perceived sports competence and global self-esteem.  相似文献   

The Ultimate Survey: Asking One Question at a Time to Get Feedback from Library Users     

Leticia Camacho  Brian Wages  Taylor Harris 《The Reference Librarian》2020,61(1):1-14

ABSTRACT

Libraries use surveys and other instruments to gather feedback from their users. However, with competition from many other campus entities requesting input, how can survey fatigue be avoided? To gather this feedback, the Social Sciences Reference Desk utilized a short, fun and easy method. Each week for 10 weeks during the fall semester of 2017, the reference assistants wrote a survey question on a whiteboard and provided sticky notes for patrons to write their answers. The survey provided valuable information about patrons’ needs and expectations. It also fostered changes that were easily implemented to improve the delivery of library services.  相似文献   

多功能车刀几何角度测量仪的研制     

韩永杰  佟永祥 《中国现代教育装备》2011,(1):47-50

针对工科院校车刀几何角度测量实验中存在的问题,从教学目标出发分析了车刀几何角度测量仪应具有的目标功能,在此基础上研制了多功能车刀几何角度测量仪,并进行了实验验证。该测量仪具有参考坐标系的建立、车刀几何角度测量和车刀纵横方向进给等多种功能,便于学生对金属切削刀具知识的学习、理解和掌握。  相似文献   

Reference in Translation——A Case Study of Translation of Kong Yiji     

仲亚娟 《读与写:教育教学刊》2011,(5):12+26

Reference is one of the cohesive devices of discourse,the comparison of which between English and Chinese will benefit translation practice,and a understanding of the differences in this aspect between the two languages is helpful in the reproduction of the original coherence of discourse.Based on the data of the Chinese novel "Kong yij" and its English translation,this paper will make a detailed analysis of the differences in reference and propose some translation strategies.  相似文献   

高校院系资料室专业化服务新思路     

张静 《海南师范大学学报(社会科学版)》2011,24(2):170-172

高校院系资料室是图书情报系统中的重要组成部分,专业化的服务是其独特的优势。但是由于各种原因,目前院系资料室也存在着诸多问题。针对这些现状,文章提出资料员应明确身份意识,高校应该给予院系资料室以充分的重视,明确其定位,改善资料员的构成,使其充分发挥专业化服务优势。  相似文献   

美国康州基础教育课程的启示与借鉴     

高令峰 《淄博师专学报》2007,(1):21-25,45

中国和美国具有不同的文化背景,教育理念和教育模式也有很大差异。通过对美国康州基础教育课程的介绍与分析,可为推动我国基础教育课程向纵深发展提供启示与借鉴。  相似文献   

试论反倾销的确定     

王子立 《山东电大学报》2002,(4):32-34

近年来 ,我国经贸领域所涉及的反倾销案件日益增多 ,中国在某种意义上已成为反倾销措施的受害国。如何应对这一现实 ,应该从法律层面上对这一问题做必要的探讨。  相似文献   

相对运动与参考系的选择     

田旭东  张学权 《铜仁学院学报》2003,5(Z1):129-130

在解决运动学问题中,选择适当的参考系会收到事半功倍之效.  相似文献   

论新公共管理对中国行政体制改革的启示     

刘伟华 《郧阳师范高等专科学校学报》2003,23(3):97-98,133

新公共管理是西方自20世纪70年代末80年代初以来伴随着公共行政改革而出现的一种新的公共行政管理理念和模式，反映了当代西方社会政治、经济、文化与科学技术的发展对公共管理的影响，在一定程度上反映公共行政发展的规律和趋势。  相似文献   

英国职业教育资格证书制度对我国的启示     

朱亚娟 《成人教育》2021,41(4):88-93

英国是最早建立职业教育资格证书制度的国家。其“两个证书”制度、统一证书体系、国家资格框架、C&G资格证书制度、职业能力等级标准、职业能力评定依据、职业能力评定方式等值得肯定,但存在职业资格证书等同于低水平技术技能、摇摆于两种职业资格鉴定模式之间、职业资格证书设计理想远胜现实等问题。建立我国职业教育资格证书制度必须强化法律保障作用、建立资格证书制度、注重能力认定公允、企业必须高度参与。  相似文献