Student teaching is the process linking pre-service and in-service for the teaching profession.
Specifically, as physical education teacher candidates apply knowledge learned in university to
school practice, they experience actual teaching, begin to understand school organization and
classroom management. There is, however, a lack of research on satisfaction in student
teaching. The purpose of this study was, therefore, to examine student teachers\' satisfaction
with secondary student teaching.
Subjects comprised 482 secondary student teachers who enrolled nationwide in 16 teacher
education programs as seniors. Instruments consisted of 27 items divided into five sub-factors
with 5 Likert scales. Data based on demographic information were analyzed using frequency,
percent, mean, and standard deviation. Independent t-test and confirmatory factor analysis were
also utilized for data analysis. Results showed that there were no statistically significant
differences in environment, time, and guidance by sex, but there were statistically significant
differences in teaching physical education between middle and high schools (t=-3.830, p<.05).
The high group in which student teachers appraised for environment, time, and guidance
showed more satisfaction than the low group in teaching physical education (t=10.868, p<.05).
The high group in which student teachers appraised for teaching physical education indicated
more satisfaction than the low group in evaluation (t= 6.978, p<.05). Thus, there is a need for
improving environment, time, and guidance and collaboration between university and
secondary schools.