Factors Affecting the Professional Adaptation of Beginner Physical Education Teachers

The impeding factors are: the lack of experience for preparing documentation (lessons’ plans, e-daybook, certain requests); difficulties with administration and colleagues (the lack of help, constant pressure), difficulties with students (testing new teacher, aggressive behavior, disinterest in PE, students psychological and physical changes in the period of adolescence, teacher’s difficulties with class management). Finally, better physical working conditions at work motivate young teacher, however beginner physical education teachers do not mention that worse physical working conditions make the professional adaptation more difficult. When assessing their readiness for professional activity, beginner teachers emphasize quality of knowledge at university, but note the lack of theoretical and practical training in the class management and in motivating children.