Teaching competences in physical education teacher initial training

Abstract

Knowledge of a discipline contents and how to teach them are among the most vital teaching competences. The aims of this research are: (a) to know whether there are differences in the perception of graduated, current students, and university teachers about the acquisition of content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge competences considered in physical education teacher initial training; and (b) to know if there are differences in the perception of the acquisition of teaching competences by Degree (Primary Education with Physical Education specialty or Physical Activity and Sport Sciences). There were 1,982 participants. The results showed differences of perception of the acquisition of teaching competences among the studied groups. Between degrees, differences appear in the promotion of healthy habits and the implementation of motor content proposals; in content knowledge competences these differences appear in body expression and physical fitness and health contents.