Abstract
This case study aimed to clarify the contents of comments made by student teachers at conferences on physical education lessons during practical teacher training at elementary school level.
For this research, first, the investigator acted as an observer at conferences concerning physical education lessons, and took shorthand notes of the student teachers' comments. Secondly, the analyst classified these shorthand notes by the inductive method to clarify the contents of the student teachers' reflections. Thirdly, the analyst compared the classified result with the theoretical framework of structures for physical education classes. Finally, the analyst examined differences between the practitioners' comments and the observers' comments.
The following results were obtained: 1. Student teachers' comments were classified into 11 types: “impression of the lesson”, “teaching plan”, “teaching goals”, “tools for the lesson”, “setting of instruments”, “teacher”, “teaching materials”, “children”, “being a student teacher”, “being a teacher” and “reconsideration of common sense”. Student teachers made many comments about “teaching”, but only made a few comments about “evaluation”. 2. Student teachers' comments were focused on “teacher”, especially with regard to “teaching”. 3. Student teachers' comments showed differences from those of practitioners and observers; in particular, “teacher” was commented on more often by practitioners than by observers, and “tools for the lesson” was commented on more often by observers than by practitioners.
