Author(s)

Ghazi Rekik^1,2, Naila Bali^1,3

¹High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, Ksar-Said, University of Manouba, UMA, Tunis, Tunisia.
²Tunisian Research Unit: Education, Motricity, Sport and Health, UR15JS01, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
³Tunisian Research Laboratory Sport Performance Optimization, Tunis, Tunisia.

The present study examined the effect of integrating video viewing courses of exemplary teaching exercises during the start-up of the academic year of teaching practice on the Pre-service Teachers’ perceptions towards the initial training programs’ effectiveness in physical education. Two hundred thirty two Pre-service Teachers (92 females and 140 males) aged between 21 and 23 (M_age±SD = 21 ± 1.8 years) were recruited. Participants were randomly allocated into a control group (46 females, 70 males) which received a Traditional Form of Initial Training Program (TF-ITP), and an experimental group (46 females, 70 males) which received the New Form of Initial Training Program (NF-ITP). Responses to the Q4TE questionnaire (Grohmann & Kauffeld, 2013) for the assessment of the initial training programs’ effectiveness were obtained in the completion period of the initial training. The Pre-service Teachers’ perceptions regarding the initial training programs’ effectiveness were significantly higher during the NF-ITP in comparison with the TF-ITP (p < 0.001) without any difference between genders. Findings suggested that integrating video viewing courses of exemplary teaching exercises during the start-up of the academic year of teaching practice would lead to make the initial training programs more efficient for the Pre-service Teachers of physical education.

Video Viewing, Exemplary Teaching Exercises, Teacher Education, Physical Education

Rekik, G. and Bali, N. (2017) Initial Training Programs’ Development in Physical Education through Video Viewing Courses of Exemplary Teaching Exercises. Creative Education, 8, 2199-2209. doi: 10.4236/ce.2017.814150.