CONCERNS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS ACCORDING TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CYCLES AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

The sample was composed of 92 permanent Physical Education teachers from municipal and state networks of Maringá city (Paraná). For data collection, a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Teacher Concerns Scale were used.

For data analysis, Anova for independent samples and the t-test for repeated measures were employed. Results showed smaller concern as to the self dimension compared to the task and task impact dimensions. Moreover, teachers in the renewal cycle were more concerned with the task dimension than those in the consolidation cycle.