Supporting the New Generalist Teacher in the Teaching of Physical Education in the Primary School

Whereas there is a developing UK research literature concerning the mentoring process in secondary physical education from the trainee’s perspective (see Hardy 1995; Hudson and Latham 1995, and other chapters in Part 2 of this text), there has been very little examination of the process of supporting generalist student teachers with the teaching of physical education (PE) in the primary school.