Professional Development of Rural PE Teachers from the Perspective of PCK: A Case Study of Huaiji County.

Based on the four dimensions of PCK, this paper investigates the professional development of rural PE teachers in Huaiji County by using the research methods of literature, questionnaire, interview and mathematical statistics. Based on PCK related theories, this paper analyzes the current situation of professional development of rural PE teachers in Huaiji County, explores the problems existing in the process of professional development, and provides an optimal path for the professional development of rural PE teachers, so as to improve the teaching ability and classroom quality of rural PE teachers, and promote the further development of rural PE education under the background of new curriculum reform. Through the research, it is found that the shortcomings of rural PE teachers are: lack of situational knowledge; lack of understanding of the course content; not flexible use of teaching representation; low ability to identify the differences of students' learning styles; lack of understanding of social environment, etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]