Abstract

Aims: This study examined how the pre-service teachers with strong subject matter competence quantitatively and qualitatively differed from their counterparts in teaching practices. Methodology: Thirteen pre-service physical education teachers (8 females and 5 males) who enrolled in one secondary methods course voluntarily participated in this study. The data were collected through videotaping and coding 13 pre-service teachers’ playing two basketball games and teaching seven lessons with two instruments, writing descriptive lesson vignettes, and conducting formal interviews. The quantitative data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics, MANOVA, and ANOVA methods, whereas, the qualitative data was analyzed using the constant comparison technique. The mean score of the pre-service teachers’ overall game performance index was calculated to classify the participants into above-average group and below-average group. Results: The results of the MANOVA yielded a significant difference on the overall teaching

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