The purpose of this study was to investigate relations among elementary school teachers' teaching concerns, teacher efficacy and behavior in physical education classes. For that purpose, teaching concerns were set as the independent variable, behavior...
The purpose of this study was to investigate relations among elementary school teachers' teaching concerns, teacher efficacy and behavior in physical education classes. For that purpose, teaching concerns were set as the independent variable, behavior in physical education classes as the dependent variable, and teacher efficacy as the mediating variable that intervened in relations among the related variables and was significant based on the previous studies and theoretical background.
The population includes the elementary school teachers in Seoul, and 600 were sampled from the population through convenience purposive sampling, and the data of total 548 teachers were used in analysis. Using the SPSSWIN 14.0 program, data were treated with t-test and one-way ANOVA analysis, and relations among the variables were tested through path analysis with Amos 7.0.
Those methodologies and procedures led to the following conclusions about relations among elementary school teachers' teaching concerns, teacher efficacy, and behavior in physical education classes:
First, there were no statistically significant differences in the subfactors of teaching concerns(concern in task, concern in self, and concern in effect) according to the subject teachers' personal characteristics(gender and grade in charge). However, significant differences were found in concern in self and concern in effect of the subfactors of teaching concerns according to career.
Second, while there were statistically significant differences in the subfactors of teacher efficacy(efficacy in study promotion and efficacy in lesson management) according to the subjects' personal characteristics(career and grade in charge), there were no significant differences in teacher efficacy(efficacy in study promotion and efficacy in lesson management) according to gender.
Third, while there were statistically significant differences in student observation and interaction of the subfactors of behavior in physical education classes according to their career, there were no significant differences in clarity and lesson safety according to career. While there were significant differences in lesson safety of the subfactors of behavior in physical education classes according to their career and grade in charge, there were no significant differences in the other subfactors(clarity, student observation, and interaction) according to career and grade in charge. While there were statistically significant differences in only clarity of the subfactors of behavior in physical education classes according to gender, career and grade in charge, there were no significant differences in the other subfactors(student observation, lesson safety, and interaction) according to gender, career, and grade in charge.
Fourth, while concern in task and concern in self of the subfactors of the subjects' teaching concerns had statistically significant impacts on their teacher efficacy, namely efficacy in study promotion and efficacy in lesson management, concern in effect had no impacts on efficacy in study promotion and efficacy in lesson management.
Fifth, all the subfactors of teacher efficacy(efficacy in study promotion and efficacy in lesson management) had statistically significant impacts on their behavior in physical education classes(clarity, student observation, lesson safety, and interaction).
Sixth, while concern in task of the subfactors of their teaching concerns had statistically significant impacts on lesson safety of the subfactors of behavior in physical education classes, it had no significant impacts on the other variables, namely clarity, student observation, and interaction. While concern in self of the subfactors of their teaching concerns had statistically significant impacts on student observation and lesson safety of the subfactors of behavior in physical education classes, it had no significant impacts on clarity and interaction. And while concern in effect of the subfactors of their teaching concerns had statistically significant impacts on clarity, student observation, and interaction of the subfactors of behavior in physical education classes, it had no significant impacts on lesson safety.
And finally, the elementary school teachers' teaching concerns had direct influences on their teacher efficacy, which in turn had direct influences on their behavior in physical education classes. In addition, their teaching concerns and teacher efficacy had direct and indirect casual influences on their behavior in physical education classes.