"We've never studied bullying at university"

Purpose : To examine beliefs about bullying in physical education (PE) among PE preservice teachers and to examine opinions about training received in this area and the strategies they would use to deal with this phenomenon. Method : We interviewed 44 PE-PSTs ( M age = 23.91; SD = 2.96) from six Spa...

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Autores: Ríos, Xènia|||0000-0002-2357-0669, Ventura i Vall·llovera, Carles|||0000-0003-0429-2605, Prat Grau, Maria|||0000-0002-3811-9205
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:306653
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/306653
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1123/jtpe.2022-0124
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:Purpose : To examine beliefs about bullying in physical education (PE) among PE preservice teachers and to examine opinions about training received in this area and the strategies they would use to deal with this phenomenon. Method : We interviewed 44 PE-PSTs ( M age = 23.91; SD = 2.96) from six Spanish universities in semistructured focus groups. The data collected were analyzed using hierarchical content analysis. Results : PE preservice teachers believed that while PE may favor the occurrence of bullying, with proper management, it could also be used to educate students and create a positive climate that could help prevent this behavior. The trainee teachers stated that they had not received any training on bullying at university. Overall, they lacked confidence to deal with this problem, and their proposed strategies lacked depth. Conclusions : Our findings highlight the need for universities to include bullying in their PE teacher training programs.