The purposes of this study were to understand value orientations of curriculum of physical education student teachers in Northern Taiwan and to Compare them by gender, school, teaching experience, and background experience. The participants were 160 student teachers selected by author from National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) and National College of Physical Education and Sport (NCPES). The instrument was the second edition of physical education value orientation inventory (VOI-Ⅱ) created by Ennis and Chen in 1993. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistic, t-test, and one-way ANOVA, The results were bellowing: 1) the rankings of value orientation of physical education student teachers were Social Responsibility (SR), Ecological Integration (EI), Self-Actualization (SA), Learning Process (LP), and Disciplinary Mastery (DM). 2) It was not significantly different in all value orientations of physical education student teachers by gender, teaching experience, and background experience, but it's affected by school in Disciplinary Mastery (DM). In the future, it was suggested to understand the programs of physical education teacher education (PETE) in both NTNU and NCPES, and the relationship between value orientations of student teachers and the programs of PETE. Those results will be provided to the centers of PETE to correct the programs to enhance the quality of teaching in physical education.
The purposes of this study were to understand value orientations of curriculum of physical education student teachers in Northern Taiwan and to Compare them by gender, school, teaching experience, and background experience. The participants were 160 student teachers selected by author from National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) and National College of Physical Education and Sport (NCPES). The instrument was the second edition of physical education value orientation inventory (VOI-Ⅱ) created by Ennis and Chen in 1993. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistic, t-test, and one-way ANOVA, The results were bellowing: 1) the rankings of value orientation of physical education student teachers were Social Responsibility (SR), Ecological Integration (EI), Self-Actualization (SA), Learning Process (LP), and Disciplinary Mastery (DM). 2) It was not significantly different in all value orientations of physical education student teachers by gender, teaching experience, and background experience, but it's affected by school in Disciplinary Mastery (DM). In the future, it was suggested to understand the programs of physical education teacher education (PETE) in both NTNU and NCPES, and the relationship between value orientations of student teachers and the programs of PETE. Those results will be provided to the centers of PETE to correct the programs to enhance the quality of teaching in physical education.