"Shaking or stirring?": a case-study of physical education teacher education in Norway

Abstract

The aim of this study was to research physical education teacher educators’ (PETEs) (and to a lesser extent physical education [PE] students’) perspectives on the nature and purposes of physical education teacher education (PETE). Questions to be answered were: How do PETEs (and PE students) view the purposes of PETE, that is to say what are their philosophies and ideologies regarding PE and PETE? How do PETEs view the nature of PETE in practice, in other words, how do they view their roles and identities as PETEs? How do the PETEs experience working as PETEs, and how do PE students view being PE students? Finally, the study set out to examine how PETEs at Nord UC implement the kind of PETE the institution was supposed to offer the students?