Norms of the School Culture That Facilitated Teacher Adoption and Learning of a Constructivist Approach to Physical Education
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This interpretive case study describes five norms of the school culture that facilitated a teacher’s (the second author) adoption and learning of a constructivist approach to physical education. The second author used a movement approach initially based on Every Child a Winner. The first author conducted field observations at the elementary school across 3 years and formal interviews and numerous informal interviews each day of field work with teachers, principals, staff, and children. The five norms or set of norms were (a) the set of norms defining the school philosophy, (b) teacher learning, (c) teacher participatory power and responsibility, (d) continual school improvement, and (e) the tendency “to feel that we can do anything.” The paper describes how the norms influenced the physical educator and the physical educators’ role in creating and maintaining the norms.
Inez Rovegno is with the Area of Teacher Education at the University of Alabama, Box 870312, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0312. Dianna Bandhauer is with Lecanto Primary School, 3790 West Educational Pass, Lecanto, FL 32661.
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