Identification, description, and perceptions of personal and professional attributes for student teachers in school health education and rankings of knowledge, skill, and disposition elements within each attribute : a pilot study
Abstract
Selecting personal and professional attributes for student teachers in school health
education can be difficult for health educators due to the number of attributes important
for successful teaching. The problem of this study was to gather judgments from health
educators currently teaching in relation to what personal and professional attributes
student teachers need to possess when entering their student teaching experience. After
the panel of health educators determined the attributes, they had an opportunity to
determine which knowledge, skill and disposition elements were most important to have.
The invited sample consisted of 63 health educators who are currently teaching health
education. The sample was gathered from four different counties in Wisconsin. The
overall response rate was 9.5% (N = 6). A modified two round Delphi Technique was
used for data collection, along with a nominal rating process. Questionnaire development
was based on a list of personal and professional attributes identified through a review of
the literature, and suggestions made by the panel of health educators during the first
round of the Delphi. Panel members clarified and revised the attribute descriptions
during the first round of the study. Each personal and professional attribute consisted of
knowledge, skill and disposition elements that-were then ranked using a nominal rating
process. Ten personal and professional attributes were identified, clarified, and rated.
Subject
Health education
Personality assessment
Student teachers - Psychology
Teachers - Training of