Training PE teachers to give students more say may have helped their motivation.
HelpedThe short version
Students of trained teachers kept their PE motivation steady; other students lost some.
- 1,158
- middle and high school students in PE
- Randomised
- groups picked at random
- Self-rated
- people rated themselves
The study
Who took part
1,158 students in the classes of 19 PE teachers in Seoul, South Korea. Most were in middle school, and about half were girls.
What they did
Trained teachers went to three sessions in the spring term. They had a 3-hour workshop, then a 2-hour session six weeks later and a group discussion six weeks after that. The other teachers got the training after the study ended.
What happened
Students of trained teachers kept their motivation steady, while students of the other teachers lost some. Their engagement grew more, and their expected grades and plans to stay active rose only in the trained group. The two groups already differed on future plans at the start.
What the study found
- HelpedMotivation
Students of trained teachers kept their PE motivation steady; other students lost some.
Large randomised trial of 1,158 middle and high school students in PE · vs students whose teachers were still waiting · they rated themselves · ⚠ whole groups were assigned, not people
- HelpedMotivation
Students of trained teachers grew more involved in PE through the term; the other group stopped growing midway.
Large randomised trial of 1,158 middle and high school students in PE · vs students whose teachers were still waiting · they rated themselves · ⚠ whole groups were assigned, not people
- HelpedMotivation
By the end, students of trained teachers planned to stay active; the other group did not change.
Large randomised trial of 1,158 middle and high school students in PE · vs students whose teachers were still waiting · they rated themselves · ⚠ whole groups were assigned, not people
- HelpedGoals
Students of trained teachers expected higher PE grades by the end; the other group's expectations did not change.
Large randomised trial of 1,158 middle and high school students in PE · vs students whose teachers were still waiting · they rated themselves · ⚠ whole groups were assigned, not people
How solid is this?
- Groups picked at random
- Large group
- People rated themselves
- Whole groups were assigned, not people
Source
Experimentally Based, Longitudinally Designed, Teacher-Focused Intervention to Help Physical Education Teachers Be More Autonomy Supportive Toward Their Students (2012)
