Author(s)

David Sylvain Mabassa^1*, Gorgon Lembe¹, Armel Koulombo¹, Jean Itoua Okemba^1,2

¹Laboratory of Didactics of Physical Education, Higher Institute of Physical Education, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Congo.
²Laboratory for Studies and Research in Adapted Physical Activities, Higher Institute of Physical Education and Sports, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Congo.

The purpose of this study is to identify the pedagogical preferences of the teacher that appear in the physical education lesson during the assessments and the pedagogical relationship with the students. The study was carried out in the colleges of Brazzaville, during the 2018-2019 school years. Twelve (12) EPS teachers from 24 educational classes participated in the study after drawing lots. That is, 296 students aged 12 to 16 told stories about feelings of injustice, prejudice experienced or perceived during the physical education lesson with their teacher. Brunelle’s critical incident sampling technique was used to capture the preferences of the teacher who most appealed to students. Then they completed, individually and as many times as they wanted, a form with the following instructions: “Tell us about a situation that happened in physical education that you found unfair to you or other students. Describe more precisely (when, who, what) what happened in this situation.” The results obtained showed that out of 06 families of preferences, 154 stories told by students (41%) were dominated by the management of the physical education lesson. Then, out of 18 categories of preferences, 7 were linked to the management of the discipline; the results revealed that 53 stories told by pupils entailed too severe sanctions and 41 stories told by pupils led to pedagogical punishments and evocations without right. Thus, students must perceive the need in their relationship with their physical education teacher so that they can, if necessary, express their disagreement with the treatment they are receiving or witnessing.

Pedagogical Preferences, Teacher, Pupil, Physical Education Lessons

Mabassa, D. , Lembe, G. , Koulombo, A. and Okemba, J. (2020) Teaching of Physical Education: Focus on the Teaching Preferences of Teachers of Brazzaville. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 8, 99-111. doi: 10.4236/jss.2020.87009.