| （School of Physical Education，Central China Normal University，Wuhan 430079，China) Abstract: In order to comprehensively understand the current situation of professional development of newly em-ployed physical education teachers in elementary and middle schools in China, the authors investigated the profes-sional ideal, professional knowledge structure, ability structure, research ability and such of newly employed physi-cal education teachers in elementary and middle schools in China, and revealed that the current situation of profes-sional development of newly employed physical education teachers in elementary and middle schools in China mainly showed the following characteristics: unordered professional guidance; occupation recognition crisis; having extensive and new knowledge, but lacking in practical knowledge; having solid sports skills, but inadequate profes-sional ability; being frustrated in interpersonal communication, having poor professional independency and weak teaching research awareness. In order to boost the professional development of physical education teachers in ele-mentary and middle schools in China, the authors put forward the following strategies for development: lifetime learning; action study; teaching retrospection; mutual helping between colleagues; professional guidance etc.
Key words: school physical education；professional development；professional knowledge；professional skill；newly employed physical education teacher；China |
