The Self-Efficacy of Preservice Physical Education Teachers in Disabilities Education in China

Yong-Shun Wang, Liu Liu, Xiao-Wen Wei and Martin E. Block
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Yong-Shun Wang: College of Physical Education, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou 362021, China
Liu Liu: School of Physical Education, Sichuan University, Wu Hou District, Chengdu 610065, China
Xiao-Wen Wei: School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
Martin E. Block: Department of Kinesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 18, 1-11

Abstract: The adapted physical education (APE) field is developing vigorously in China, and an increasing number of students with physical education (PE) as their major will encounter students with disabilities in their future teaching careers. This study thus surveyed PE major students from eight Chinese sports colleges and universities in order to explore how perceived social support could affect the self-efficacy of PE major students who are expected to face students with different types of disabilities; furthermore, it aimed to demonstrate the regulating effect of APE studies and internships. The survey found that (1) perceived social support positively affected self-efficacy among Chinese PE majors who would be facing students with different types of disabilities; (2) APE studies and internships positively affected self-efficacy among Chinese PE majors who would be facing students with different types of disabilities, and; (3) APE studies and internships strengthened perceived social support’s effects on self-efficacy among Chinese PE majors who would be facing students with different types of disabilities.

Keywords: APE; self-efficacy; perceived social support; APE studies and internship; PE major students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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