Dual Undergraduate Majors of Health and Physical Education: Do They Have the Same Passion for Both Subject Areas?

Authors

  • Erin Sweeney University of Nebraska Kearney
  • Jena Cottam University of Nebraska Kearney

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18666/TPE-2024-V82-I1-11996

Abstract

There is currently little known about the passion of health and physical education preservice teachers. Being passionate for your content areas is a crucial component of effective teaching, so do students who are dual-enrolled have the same passion for both health education and physical education? The purpose of this study was to collect and compare data on the passion of physical education and health education of undergraduate dual majors. An electronic survey was given to dual majors across the United States based on the passion scale created by Sigmundson et al. (2020). Responses from participants revealed that undergraduate dual majors have a significantly higher passion for physical education than health education. These findings show that more research needs to be done in this area to eliminate this possible gap in passion, so that students graduating from a health and physical education program are effective teachers in both content areas. Universities may want to determine if their preparatory programs are curating quality, passionate educators that are suited to teach both subject areas.

Published

2024-12-31

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