ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to analyze the sources of self-efficacy of pre-service teachers in physical education. Were employed qualitative research procedures and the data were collected through semistructured interview with 7 pre-service teachers in Physical Education from a public university. For the analysis of multiple cases was used the content analysis technique, which consists, first, in transcription and description of each case individually, then crossing and confrontation of information for all cases. The results showed that the sources of self-efficacy for the class management were the mastery experiences (6), social persuasion (5) and vicarious (4). About the teaching intentionality, the most cited sources were the vicarious experiences (7), social persuasion (7) and the mastery experiences (6). Specifically on teaching intentionality, the pre-service teachers mentioned more variety of situations of self-efficacy when compared to the management class. The observation and social persuasion were the sources of self-efficacy commonly valued by students. These situations were provided in the required stages, watching and getting supervision from teachers at the University and teachers from school.
Keywords:
Self-efficacy; Physical Education; Students.