Physical Education Teacher Wash-Out

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Introduction to Article One
This article was the examination of causes that lead up to wash-out and burn out of Physical Education teachers. It ties into the aspects of respect as a discipline, investment of Physical Education specific equipment, and the subculture of students. It clearly depicts factors such as pre-service preparatory programs being weak to reality. As well as the instructional methods being taught are not as innovative or different than traditional approaches. The last key point was beginning Physical Education teachers through pre-service are being mentored and guided by already washed-out teachers.
Purpose Statement The purpose of this study was to explore the wash-out attrition was directly linked to workplace conditions. …show more content…

Lesson plan writing declined from their pre-service teaching program from female 81% to 45%, and the male 88% to 35%, it continues to decline during their second year of teaching meeting a 35%. Teacher efficacy scores through the Likert Scale questionnaires started off high with female having a 2.29 and the male having a 2.00 for confidence levels, very confident levels are shown closest to the 1.00. By the second year of teaching both of their scores rose to 2.86 farther away from highly confident. Another finding for the Pluralism and Diversity Attitude Assessment scores after the two years research showed that the female decline from beginning teaching to the second year, her scores showed that she dropped from a 30 to a 27 in appreciating pluralism, a 30 to a 26 in valuing pluralism, and a 28 to a 21 in willing to implement pluralism. But her comfortability with diversity portion of her score increased from a 5 to a 10. The male increased from beginning teaching to the second year, his scores showed that he inclined from a 23 to a 27 in appreciating pluralism, a 23 to a 27 in valuing pluralism, and a 24 for both beginning and second year for the willingness to implement pluralism. But his comfortability with diversity portion of his score decreased from a 8 to a …show more content…

The study points out the Fullans Framework to help aid in Physical Education and to formulate a five year plan to enact change in Physical Education as a discipline. The process of Fullans framework was done in three phases. Initiation which has eight components, quality of the innovation, access to the innovation, teacher advocacy, problem solving and bureaucracy, community pressure/support/apathy, central office advocacy, external change agents, and new policy/funds. Implementation consisting of three components, characteristics of change, local characteristics, and external factors. Institutionalization had four components, active leadership, professional development, passion and commitment, and funding and support. This framework was a compilation of lessons learned over years of researching High School Physical Education (HSPE) and to identify and implement elements to improve HSPE, in spite of continuous educational reform that does not include Physical Education in its

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