How can physical literacy provide confidence for beliefs in physical education teachers?

In the context of physical education, physical literacy is an important foundation for prospective teachers in forming professional attitudes and self-confidence in teaching abilities. Physical literacy includes an individual's understanding, ability, and motivation to engage in active physical activity throughout life. This study aims to analyze the effect of physical literacy on the beliefs of prospective physical education teachers, and to test the significance of the relationship between the two variables. This study uses a quantitative approach with a correlational design. The sample consists of prospective physical education teachers at the higher education level. The data collection instruments are in the form of a physical literacy questionnaire and a validated self-confidence scale. Data analysis was carried out using normality and correlation tests. The normality test using Kolmogorov-Smirnov showed a significance value of 0,236, which means that the data is normally distributed. Furthermore, the Spearman correlation test showed a coefficient of 0,416, indicating a fairly strong positive relationship between physical literacy and the beliefs of prospective physical education teachers. These results indicate that the higher the physical literacy, the higher the level of confidence possessed by prospective teachers. Physical literacy has a significant influence on the self-confidence of prospective physical education teachers. Therefore, strengthening physical literacy needs to be a focus in the teacher education curriculum so that they have optimal mental readiness and skills to teach.