Developing Educational Leaders in Physical Education and Health Education

Authors

  • Michael Sutliff
  • Andrea Brown
  • Margaret Elliot

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to validate a professional development model for physical education and health education (PEHE) teachers (K-12) in California. The Costa Del Sur California Physical Education-Health Project (CPE-HP) has a primary mission of uniting selected participants from PEHE for examination of pedagogical practices, content inquiry, and effective leadership skills. An instrument was developed to assess the participant's perceptions of the program's effectiveness in relation to specific goals and tenets of the subject matter projects. Participants (N=31) completed the 68 item survey. The overall results indicated the Costa Del Sur CPE-HE was an effective professional development program for establishing professional network, leadership skills, and reflective teaching skills in adult learners. In addition to the aforementioned outcomes, the findings further suggest that this project provides a valuable model in structure and function for other professional development programs designed to enhance the professional skills of adult learners.

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Published

1999-04-27

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