Impact of Classroom Management Training on Physical Education Trainees’ Self-Efficiency Feeling

Mohamed Sami Bouzid, Maher Mrayeh, Nizar Souissi

Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education Tunis, Tunisia.

DOI: 10.4236/ce.2015.612124                

Abstract

This study measures the impact of an additional training in classroom management on physical and sports education trainees’ self-efficacy feeling. An experimental group having received a complementary theoretical and practical formation in classroom management has been compared to a focus group which has followed the initial formation course. Two measures of this feeling have been taken at different moments by using the questionnaire Ohio State Teacher Scale (OSTES) translated in French. This device is made of three sub-scales of eight items each related to the teaching strategies adopted by the teacher in his classroom management and his capacity to involve the students in this task. The analysis allows the trainees who have received an additional training in classroom management to express a feeling of efficiency higher than those who received usual initial training.

Keywords

Training, Physical Education, Trainees, Classroom Management, Self-Efficacy Feeling

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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