Teaching Methodology Instruments in Physical Education: A Systematic Review

ABSTRACT

Studies on teaching methodologies have been one of the most analyzed research topics in Physical Education (PE). Many instruments have been created to examine the teaching methodologies in PE. This systematic review aimed to identify the tools used in peer-reviewed journals (until March 2022) that assessed teaching methodologies in PE. Articles selected for analysis were found in Web of Science, SCOPUS, PsycINFO, SportDiscus, and ERIC databases. Potential studies were located using different combinations of keywords related to teaching methodologies. Quality was checked through five criteria on a quality assessment list. A total of 63 instruments were extracted from 58 articles that evaluated teaching methodologies. This systematic review outlines the currently available instruments and their characteristics (i.e. author(s), name, variables/dimensions, items/categories, response format, sample, and type of instrument) to assess teaching methodologies in PE. Future works could use this review to employ and/or improve the existing tools.

KEYWORDS:

• questionnaire
• pedagogical model
• scale
• teaching styles
• validation

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Supplemental data

Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2023.2197887

Notes

¹ Teaching methodologies represent global (e.g., instructional models or pedagogical models) or specific techniques (e.g., communication, feedback, or routines and rules) that teachers carry out during lessons.

² Instruments that assess teaching behaviors based on motivational or leadership theories were excluded for simplicity and extension reasons.

Additional information

Funding

The work was supported by the European Regional Development Fund [GR18KA20].