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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Opstoel, Katrijn
• Prins, Frans
• Haerens, Leen
• van Tartwijk, Jan
• De Martelaer, Kristine

Titel

Transferring responsibility in primary school physical education: Experiences of five teachers participating in a professional development programme

Ist Teil von

• Teaching and teacher education, 2025-01, Vol.153, p.104844, Article 104844

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Developing personal and social skills is an important educational goal and part of citizenship education. In physical education (PE), transferring responsibility for managing activities is a method to achieve this goal. For teachers, however, it is a challenge to relinquish control. This qualitative study investigated how five PE teachers experience a continuous professional development (CPD) programme aimed to help them deal with this challenge. Findings showed that a CPD programme can help teachers to make room for children to manage activities independently. However, teachers’ beliefs about the purpose of PE and limited teaching time complicate their willingness to transfer responsibility. •CPD focused on personal and social goals can help teachers in transferring responsibility to pupils.•Physical education teachers appreciate the opportunity to physically meet and interact with fellow teachers.•Teachers' beliefs about the purpose of physical education complicate their willingness to transfer responsibility.