The purpose was to develop a valid and reliable survey to determine if physical educators provide students with opportunities for self-determination. It was based on the self-determination model of Wehmeyer et al. (1998) and interviews with four university professors and five physical educators. The survey was sent to 153 physical educators from Montreal and Halifax; a 63.4% return rate resulted. The most frequent aspect of self-determination included in their teaching was the opportunity to "develop a sense of belonging in the class", while "choice-making" was provided least frequently. Class size and inadequate resource material were the most detrimental barriers to self-determination. The temporal stability of the survey was .49 for the elements of self-determination and .84 for barriers to self-determination. Finally four physical education teachers were observed in gymnasium settings, two had scored high on self-determination and two had a low score. Systematic observation techniques revealed that their teaching was consistent with their survey score. It was concluded that the survey had sufficient reliability and validity to warrant further development.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.33887 |
Date | January 2001 |
Creators | Donovan, Lauren. |
Contributors | Reid, Greg (advisor) |
Publisher | McGill University |
Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Format | application/pdf |
Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education.) |
Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
Relation | alephsysno: 001871583, proquestno: MQ79001, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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