Pre-Service Teacher education in pedagogical models: the Sport Education case in Spain

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the degree of application of Sport Education (SE) in the education of primary school physical education teachers in Spain. We designed a quantitative and descriptive study using the documentary and bibliometric analysis of the teaching guides of courses related to games teaching. Additionally, a questionnaire was added, which was completed by 31 members of the teaching staff on the courses. The results showed that: i) despite 66.67% of the teachers surveyed stating that SE was included as part of their syllabus in the faculties, only 10% of the curricula made reference to the model in the teaching guide; ii) a third of the teacher education faculties studied did not include SE as part of their syllabus, and, of those that did (66.67%), only three dedicated to it a load of equal to or more than two credits; iii) only 33% of the curricula evaluated included bibliographic references on the model; and iv) a large percentage of the teaching staff were not experts. The findings show that SE has not yet generally been implemented, and with quality, on games teaching courses.