Instructional strategies and motivating factors: a mixed methods study of pre-service teachers’ perceptions

Preservice secondary subject teachers incorporating movement integration into classroom practice

“…There is evidence that teacher educators in various content areas have been pursuing constructivist pedagogical theory and practice (Beck & Kosnik, 2006;Niemi, 2002;Richardson, 1997). More recently, many researchers have reported that constructivist teaching, with its emphasis on the creative and innovative process of knowledge acquisition, can be used to improve outcomes and promote positive attitudes and confidence among both generic preservice teachers (Izadinia, 2015;Machado & Wang, 2018) and preservice physical education teachers (MacPhail, Tannehill, & Karp, 2013;Sinclair & Thornton, 2018). Additionally (and of particular interest for this study), Michael et al (2018) concluded that a constructivist-oriented university course can facilitate learning on MI and provide beneficial experiences for preservice classroom teachers.…”