Teaching Rehearsals and Repeated Teaching: Practice-based Physical Education Teacher Education Pedagogies

Abstract

Historically, efforts to prepare teachers have relied on teaching preservice teachers bits of knowledge across various courses in a way that results in the accumulation of broad knowledge and skills for teaching. In contrast, practice-based teacher education focuses on the act of teaching by emphasizing deliberate practice, reflection and decision making. This article first describes the core outcomes of practice-based teacher education, and then discusses two critical pedagogies — teaching rehearsals and repeated teaching — re-envisioned for the purpose of enhancing the practice of teaching. Finally, it describes how these pedagogies are used in one teacher education program and shares preservice teachers' perspectives on the use of these pedagogies.