An Individualized Training Program for PE Teachers Based on Self-Determination Theory as a Way to Improve Students’ Psychosocial Health: A Study Protocol

Alba González-Peño (), Evelia Franco, Laura Martín-Hoz and Javier Coterón
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Alba González-Peño: Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences—INEF, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/Martín Fierro, 7, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Evelia Franco: Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, C/Universidad Comillas, 3–5, 28108 Madrid, Spain
Laura Martín-Hoz: Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences—INEF, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/Martín Fierro, 7, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Javier Coterón: Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences—INEF, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/Martín Fierro, 7, 28040 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 16, 1-10

Abstract: The interactions that take place in physical education (PE) between teachers and students have received large attention from the scientific community. However, despite the existence of different studies aiming to promote motivation among students through school interventions, there seem to be no interventions based on motivational strategies in which interventions are personalized to better fit teachers’ own characteristics on the basis of theoretical contents grounded in self-determination theory. This study aims to present a protocol intervention in the PE context based on SDT to improve teaching behaviours through an individualized and lifelong training program. This protocol is a convenience study in which PE teachers will design and implement motivational strategies to increase students’ motivation in class. The training program will take place along the intervention to allow teachers to personalize their implementation of motivational strategies according to their specific context. Data collection will be conducted before, during and after the intervention using recorded sessions (observational methodology), interviews (qualitative approach), and questionnaires (quantitative approach). The measures will assess teachers’ and students’ perceived teaching styles. This intervention program is expected to change and improve the quality of teaching behaviours, which could foster students’ psychosocial health.

Keywords: motivation; circumplex approach; motivational strategies; individualization; observation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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