Institute of Sports Science

Development of domain-specific professional beliefs in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE)

In PE, pupils should be enabled to have meaningful experiences which lead them to lifelong, meaningful engagement in physical activity. This requires professionally educated PE teachers who are able to design high-quality PE classes which meet the curricular requirements. The purpose of PETE is to initiate appropriate professional development. Crucial for professionalisation are teachers’ beliefs as they guide teacher action (e.g. conception and implementation of effective teaching in class) and act as filters and frames in the reception and integration of new information (e.g. pedagogical content knowledge, PCK). This project examines how domain-specific professional beliefs develop within the first (study programme at the university) and second (practical traineeship in a regular school) phase of PETE.

In a qualitative longitudinal study, group discussions are conducted with prospective PE teachers at different points during the course of their education programme (from t1: beginning of B.Ed. to t4: practical traineeship). The collected data is analysed by means of Thematic Analysis with regard to the domain-specific teaching principle of “Multi-perspectivity” as well as aspects of teaching quality (e.g. cognitive activation). The aim is to obtain a multi-faceted, detailed picture of domain-specific professional beliefs and their dynamic development, which will also reveal deeper and implicit structures.

The project is funded as part of the intramural project funding for postdocs at the University of Tübingen.

Selected publications

Book chapters

  • Hapke, J., Engelhardt, S. & Kreuels, L. (2022). Überzeugungen von Sportlehramtsstudierenden hinsichtlich Mehrperspektivität. In E. Balz & P. Neumann (Hrsg.), Mehrperspektivischer Sportunterricht – Evaluation und Innovation (Beiträge zur Lehre und Forschung im Sport, S. 270-284). Schorndorf: Hofmann.

Presentations

  • Engelhardt, S. & Hapke, J. (2022). Überzeugungen angehender Sportlehrkräfte im Hinblick auf Unterrichtsqualität. Vortrag auf dem 25. Sportwissenschaftlichen Hochschultag der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft (dvs) vom 29.-31. März 2022 in Kiel, Deutschland (online).

  • Hapke, J., Engelhardt, S. & Kreuels, L. (2021). PE teacher students’ beliefs regarding ‘Multi-perspectivity’. Poster auf der AIESEP-Conference vom 08.-10- Juni 2021: Banff,Alberta, Kanada (online).

  • Hapke, J. (2019). Entwicklung fachspezifischer professioneller Kompetenzen in der Sportlehrerbildung. Kompetenzforschung und Dokumentarische Methode – (Wie) Geht das zusammen? Vortrag bei der Netzwerktagung Qualitative Forschung in der Sportwissenschaft vom 01.-02. Oktober 2019: Marburg, Deutschland.