Perceived personality, responsibility, and competence of pre service physical education teachers

Physical Education plays an essential role in the full-length of formal and holistic education of the learners. This study examined the personality, responsibility, and competence of the pre-service physical education teachers as perceived by the mentors and mentees and its relationship. Descriptive correlational research design and researcher’s made instrument was utilized in gathering, interpreting and analysing the data. Forty two (42) pre- service teachers and nine (9) mentors were identified with 100% response rate. The result showed high level of personality, responsibility and competence of pre-service teachers in their practice teaching as evaluated by the mentors. Consistently, mentees’ perceived personality, responsibility and competence conforms to that of mentors’ perceptions, which is high. Furthermore, there is no significant relationship between the mentors’ and mentees’ evaluation in the personality, responsibility and competence of the pre-service physical education teachers. In conclusion, the pre-service physical education teachers acquired the necessary characteristics and skills in teaching physical education ready to be fielded in real and actual teaching world. Despite positive results, it is further recommended in this study to intensify the training of the pre-service teachers in ensuring production of quality physical education graduates.