Perceived expertise among physical education teachers: the role of personal and contextual factors

Figures & data

Table 1. Comparison of teaching conditions between France and Switzerland (the State of Vaud).

	Switzerland (State of Vaud)	France
Teaching conditions	n	n
Number of students per class
Lower secondary school	18.8^a	25.1^c
Higher secondary school	24^b	29.9^c
Number of teaching hours per week for PE teachers
Lower secondary school	18.75	20
Higher secondary school	16.5	17
Number of teaching hours per week for other-subject teachers
Lower secondary school	18.75	18
Higher secondary school	16.5	15

Note. In Switzerland, the teaching period is 45 minutes: 25/22 periods of 45 min − 16.5/18.75 hours – per week in lower/higher secondary schools. In France, the 20/17 teaching hours for PE teachers include three hours of teaching in optional school sports.

^ahttp://www.scris.vd.ch/Default.aspx?DocID=5353&DomId=2612.

^bArticle 23, para. 2 of higher secondary school settlement.

^chttps://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4277757?sommaire=4318291&q=élèves+par+classe.

Table 2. Sample characteristics by teaching context, teacher sex, and subject taught.

	Switzerland (State of Vaud)		France		Total
Teacher characteristics	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	67	41.88	118	36.65	185	38.38
Female	93	58.12	204	63.35	297	61.62
School subject
PE	66	41.25	172	53.42	238	49.38
Other	94	58.75	150	46.58	244	50.62

Note. ‘PE’ refers to PE teachers intervening only in PE in France and to teachers intervening in PE and in another subject in the state of Vaud. ‘Other’ refers to teachers intervening in subjects other than PE in both France and the State of Vaud.

Table 3. MANCOVA results: main and interaction effects of teaching context, teacher sex, and subject taught, with teaching experience as a covariable.

Effects	Pillaï Trace	F(2, 472)	p	η^2
Intercept	.968	7069.34	<.001	.968
Teaching experience	.003	0.63	.534	.003
Teaching context	.009	2.25	.107	.009
Teacher sex	.016	3.91	.021	.016
Subject taught	.030	7.37	<.001	.030
Teaching context*Teacher sex	.001	0.15	.861	.001
Teaching context*Subject taught	.031	7.56	<.001	.030
Teacher sex*Subject taught	.003	0.63	.531	.003
Teaching context*Teacher sex*Subject taught	.002	0.40	.671	.002

Table 4. Descriptive statistics of QIPPE scores by teacher context, teacher sex, and subject taught and their interactions.

	Pedagogical expertise				Subject-matter expertise
			95% CI				95% CI
Teacher Characteristics	M	SD	LL	UL	M	SD	LL	UL
Teacher sex
Male	4.24*	0.03	4.18	4.30	3.82*	0.04	3.75	3.89
Female	4.33*	0.02	4.28	4.38	3.96*	0.03	3.90	4.01
Subject taught
PE	4.33	0.03	4.28	4.38	3.82*	0.03	3.76	3.88
Other	4.27	0.03	4.21	4.32	3.99*	0.03	3.92	4.05
Teaching context* Subject taught
France
PE	4.35	0.03	4.29	4.40	3.82***	0.04	3.74	3.89
Other	4.25	0.04	4.17	4.32	4.07**/***	0.04	3.99	4.15
Switzerland (State of Vaud)
PE	4.28	0.05	4.17	4.39	3.83**	0.05	3.73	3.93
Other	4.30	0.04	4.22	4.38	3.86**	0.05	3.75	3.96
Teacher sex* Subject taught
Male
PE	4.29	0.04	4.22	4.37	3.79	0.04	3.71	3.87
Other	4.17	0.05	4.08	4.27	3.86	0.07	3.73	4.00
Female
PE	4.36	0.03	4.29	4.42	3.85	0.04	3.77	3.94
Other	4.31	0.03	4.24	4.37	4.04	0.03	3.97	4.11
Teaching context/Teaching context*Teacher sex/Teaching context*Teacher sex*Subject taught
France	4.30^a	0.02	4.26	4.33	3.94	0.03	3.88	3.99
Male	4.24	0.04	4.17	4.32	3.85	0.05	3.75	3.94
PE	4.31	0.04	4.23	4.40	3.78	0.05	3.68	3.89
Other	4.11	0.06	4.00	4.23	3.96	0.09	3.78	4.14
Female	4.33	0.03	4.27	4.39	3.99	0.03	3.92	4.05
PE	4.37	0.04	4.30	4.44	3.84	0.05	3.75	3.95
Other	4.30	0.04	4.21	4.38	4.11	0.04	4.03	4.19
Switzerland	4.30	0.03	4.25	4.34	3.84	0.03	3.77	3.92
Male	4.24	0.05	4.13	4.35	3.78	0.06	3.65	3.90
PE	4.24	0.08	4.07	4.41	3.81	0.07	3.66	3.95
Other	4.24	0.07	4.09	4.39	3.75	0.10	3.55	3.96
Female	4.33	0.04	4.25	4.41	3.89	0.05	3.80	4.00
PE	4.32	0.07	4.17	4.46	3.85	0.08	3.70	4.01
Other	4.33	0.05	4.24	4.43	3.92	0.06	3.80	4.04

Note. CI = confidence interval; LL = lower limit; UL = upper limit.

^aMeans shown are weighted averages.

*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.

Figure 1. The QIPPE scores of Swiss PE teachers and other-subject teachers.

This figure represents the means of pedagogical and subject-matter expertise for Swiss PE teachers and other-subject teachers (line extremities) with 95% confidence intervals (vertical bars).

Figure 2. The QIPPE scores of French PE teachers and other-subject teachers.

This figure represents the means of pedagogical and subject-matter expertise for French PE teachers and other-subject teachers (line extremities) with 95% confidence intervals (vertical bars).