Future physical education teachers experiencing failure during their teaching practice

Teaching practice is regarded as one of the essential periods of professional development which could have an impact on professional identity, therefore, the purpose of the study was to analyse the experiences of the students of physical education by revealing emotional encounters of the students and their behaviour after experiencing failure during their teaching practice. After autonomous teaching practice, the method of semi-structured interviews was used to interview 29 students of physical education in their fourth year of studies. The study revealed that, during their failure, the students experience different negative emotions and, in the presence of emotional stress, choose various modes, which are oriented towards self, towards pupils, towards other teachers, to resolve a problematic situation. While improving the process of the studies, more strategies and methods, which are aimed at classroom management during a lesson of physical education, should be included, a student should also be given the possibility to make mistakes and correct them while making a decision on his ownVytauto Didžiojo universitetasŠvietimo akademij