Open AccessCOMPETENCIES OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS IN CONDUCTING ONLINE EDUCATION
Author(s) -
Veselina Ivanova,
Eleonora Mileva
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
proceedings of cbu in social sciences ...
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2695-0723
pISSN - 2695-0715
DOI - 10.12955/pss.v2.217
Subject(s) - physical education , test (biology) , psychology , medical education , bulgarian , mathematics education , distance education , computer assisted web interviewing , pedagogy , medicine , mathematics , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , biology
The state of emergency, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, has completely changed the education system in Bulgaria, including the training of physical education and sports in Bulgarian schools. Physical education and sports training have been transformed into distance and online education and training. The aim of the research was to study the competencies of PE teachers in the country for the implementation of online teaching. The subject of the study was a total of 138 teachers, of whom 100 (72.5%) were female and 38 (27.5%) were male. The teachers were aged from 24 to 68 years old, with different pedagogical experience and were representatives of all regions of the country. A specially developed international questionnaire with closed questions was applied. Alternative analysis and chi-square Pearson's test (ײ) were used to analyze the results. The results show that the sampled teachers evaluated the current use of online education in physical education and sport as relatively good (47.1%). At the same time, the acquired results show that the educational activity of sports pedagogues during the pandemic has reduced their motivation for professional activity (43.5%). Teachers have rated as very good (29.7%) and good (45.7%) their competencies for using online technologies to conduct physical education and sports classes. The majority of them – 79%, actively applied the new technologies in the training process. No differences were found in the answers of the respondents to any of the questions on the criteria of gender, age and pedagogical experience.