ABSTRACT
As a student PE teacher you are embarking on the long but exciting process of becoming an effective PE teacher; of translating your knowledge and love of PE into the ability to encourage pupils’ learning. To develop into an effective teacher you need to understand yourself, your values, attitudes and beliefs and be able to reflect on how these influence what you are doing and therefore how they impact on pupils learning. You also need to understand your role as a teacher and as a PE teacher, as well as what you are aiming to achieve in your lessons. There are numerous teaching skills you need to develop, along with the ability to use the right teaching skill in the right way at the right time to improve pupil learning. An understanding of how teaching skills interact with each other in a lesson is also helpful.
