Research Project for the Construction of Indicators for the Physical Education Teachers\' Competencies in Our Country

To define professionalism of PE instructors in schools of Taiwan; 2. To gather information about PE instructors’ views on professionalism required for teaching PE; 3.

To provide the findings for institutions in charge of education and professional development schools (PDS) for reference in order to improve PE teachers training programs. The study is conducted by means of an analysis of literature and a survey. Based on the outcome of the analysis, the researcher compiles a questionnaire entitled “A Survey on the Professionalism of PE Instructors in Schools of Taiwan.” The random sample consists of 545 PE teachers from secondary and elementary schools in Taiwan (116 from elementary schools, 253 from junior high, and 176 from senior high and vocational schools). 68.5% of the copies are retrieved.