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Ohio Physical Educators’ Perceived Professional Development Needs

Hovatter, Rhonda
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1243865667

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2009, Doctor of Education, Ashland University, College of Education.
This dissertation describes research designed to investigate the influence of select teacher and school characteristics on the perceived professional development needs of in-service physical educators in the state of Ohio. Data were collected using a self-report survey instrument comprised of the Professional Development Needs Questionnaire-Physical Education (Conkle, 1994), and the Teacher Concerns Questionnaire-Physical Education (McBride, 1993). Additional demographic data were collected and categorized according to grade level taught (elementary, middle school, high school, or some combination), and school setting/location (urban/inner city, suburban/small city, and rural). Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficients were analyzed to determine the strength of the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. Multiple regression using stepwise method was further conducted to determine the degree to which a teachers’ stage of concern, grade level taught and school setting influenced their perceived professional development needs. Results indicated that participants’ perceived professional development needs were driven primarily by issues of concern rather than teaching situation (e.g. grade level taught; school setting/location).
Ann Shelly, PhD (Committee Chair)
Robert Shelly, PhD (Committee Member)
Kathleen Flanagan-Hudson, EdD (Committee Member)
Randall Gearhart, PhD (Committee Member)
175 p.
Education; Physical Education; School Administration; Teacher Education
professional development needs; in-service physical educators; Professional Development Needs Questionnaire-Physical Education; Teacher Concerns Questionnaire-Physical Education

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  • Hovatter, R. (2009). Ohio Physical Educators’ Perceived Professional Development Needs [Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1243865667

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hovatter, Rhonda. Ohio Physical Educators’ Perceived Professional Development Needs. 2009. Ashland University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1243865667.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hovatter, Rhonda. "Ohio Physical Educators’ Perceived Professional Development Needs." Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1243865667

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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© 2009, some rights reserved.Creative Commons License Ohio Physical Educators’ Perceived Professional Development Needs by Rhonda Hovatter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
This open access ETD is published by Ashland University and OhioLINK.