The Structure of Physical Educator's Image through Students

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to find out what image students have of physical educator and to see how the image would affect the students psychologically and pedagogically. It was suggested that there was relation between a positive image of physical educators and students' attitudes and motorability. 1058 students at eleven universities participated in this investigation.
The main results can be summarized as follows.
1) Through factor analysis, the image of physical educators was revealed as an eleven-factor solution with good internal consistency. Results showed that the students hold an image of physical educators as the following: healthy, strong will power, a good specialist not only in their ability for sports but also in their educational knowledge, intentionally and eagerly focused on affective domain when teaching sports. But they were also perceived to be lacking in reliablity and sympathy, and were feared by the students.
2) The image of physical educators was different based on the students' personal traits. Students who were male or were majoring in sports had a humanistic image of the physical educators, whereas, students who were majoring in education viewed the physical educator has a teacher, females and other subjects with a variety of majors peceived the physical educators as a sportsman.
3) It was recognized that the most impotant factors to increase the students' positive attitudes toward physical educators were reliablity and sympathy of the teachers and their humanistic approach of teaching.