Researcher-developed Instruments: Enhancing Physical Education in Teacher Education

Abstract

Ensuring high quality research has been posited as a critical step in continuing development in teacher education. Yet instruments enabling systematic and thorough data collection procedures are not always available. In these circumstances the researcher needs to develop instruments. The process of developing three such instruments namely, a Stimulated Recall Device. Visual Language Icon and Interview Guide is presented in this article. These instruments were needed to investigate the efficacy of an initiative in teacher education designed to improve the preparedness of pre-service generalist primary school teachers to teach Physical Education. This article reports the preliminary findings on the development and use of these instruments.