TY - JOUR AU - Montoya, Noelva E. AU - Almonacid-Fierro, Alejandro A. AU - Arroyave Giraldo, Dora I. AU - Valdebenito González, Karla B. PY - 2022/09/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Design and validation of a questionnaire to assess the Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Colombian Physical Education students in the practicum JF - Pedagogy of Physical Culture and Sports JA - ppcs VL - 26 IS - 5 SE - Articles DO - 10.15561/26649837.2022.0504 UR - https://sportpedagogy.org.ua/index.php/ppcs/article/view/1976 SP - 300-310 AB - <p><em>Background </em><em>and Study Aim.</em> In the training of Physical Education teachers, the practicum is considered a final stage of the training. &nbsp;The practicum implies an amalgamation and connection of the different knowledge acquired at the University and that, when contrasted with the real classroom practice, plays a fundamental role in the future professional development. The purpose of this study was to design and validate a questionnaire to measure the Pedagogical Content Knowledge of the Physical Education teacher trainee in the context of the practicum.</p><p><em>Material and Methods. </em>The participants were 146 practicum students of the Bachelor's degree program in Physical Education from four Colombian universities (115 men, 31 women, with an average age of 25.7 <u>+</u> 5.2 years). A non-experimental descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in two phases, the first one: content validity and the second phase related to the analysis of psychometric properties.</p><p><em>Results. </em>A Content Validity Ratio of .92 was presented, which indicates a very high content validity based on Lawshe's model and with a sample of 10 expert judges in the field. In the exploratory factor analysis by the principal component analysis method and varimax rotation, 7 dimensions were proposed, with 36 items explaining 66.78 of the total variance of the instrument. The internal consistency was very satisfactory (α=.9).</p><p><em>Conclusions. </em>The questionnaire provides a valid, trustable, and specific instrument, which allows identifying the knowledge that a Physical Education practice student has about pedagogy, context, evaluation, teaching strategies, students, experience, and content. Furthermore, understanding this type of knowledge is a precondition that can allow improving the curricular designs of Physical Education degree programs.</p> ER -