The Transformation of Physical Education Teachers' Roles in the Digital Transformation of Physical Education: Logical Rationale, Realistic Dilemmas, and Promotion Strategies

Abstract

In the process of the digital transformation of physical education, the transformation of teachers' roles is of great significance. It is not only the key to promoting the transformation but also an inevitable requirement for implementing the concept of "health first" and cultivating new talents for the times. It represents the unity of historical, value, and practical logics. Historically, technological innovation, the upgrading of educational goals, and the reconstruction of professional identity drive the evolution of teachers' roles. At the value level, it has the value of promoting educational transformation, facilitating students' development, and enhancing teachers' competence. In practice, teachers take the initiative to reshape their roles driven by the digital scenario. However, in the initial stage of the transformation, the transformation of teachers' roles faces dilemmas, such as the contradiction between role change and inertia, the predicament of multiple expectations and cognitive ambiguity, the dilemma of new role requirements and insufficient capabilities, and the situation of role disorder and weak support. To address these issues, it is necessary to cultivate teachers' role literacy and strengthen their role identity; strengthen the construction of school digital culture to optimize the ecological environment for role development; improve the mechanism of social role construction to create a favorable environment; and establish multiple guarantee mechanisms to promote the orderly transformation of teachers' roles from aspects such as professional guidance, technical platforms, and theoretical research, so as to promote the digital reform of physical education.