The self-esteem of the teachers of physical education in Portugal

Our professional practice in institutions of the training of teachers on Physical Education, has contributed for a bigger attention and concern with inborn questions to the definition of the teaching identity. In order to study these questions, we developed the present study. Appealing to a methodol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moreira, J. António (author)
Other Authors: Ferreira, A. Gomes (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/2920
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorioaberto.uab.pt:10400.2/2920
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Summary:Our professional practice in institutions of the training of teachers on Physical Education, has contributed for a bigger attention and concern with inborn questions to the definition of the teaching identity. In order to study these questions, we developed the present study. Appealing to a methodology of qualitative form, this study has been centered in a group of fifteen teachers with distinct training in the Physical Education area in the most known institutions in Portugal. We conclude that teachers, independently of their school of teaching and their professional experience, define themselves as good teachers, assuring to possess good pedagogical capacities, looking forward to promote the learning’s and to develop the capacities of the pupils.