Abstract
Introduction: Physical education can contribute to the goals of education in many significance ways. First physical education makes a unique contribution to the development of the total person. It is the only area of the school curriculum that promotes the development in the psychomotor domain. Second a quality physical education program enhances the health and wellbeing of students. Students who are healthy can learn more effectively, have more energy to expend on educational tasks. One of the main objectives of a physical education program is to advance the general well-being of each student (Wuest and Bucher, 1995). Methods: The objective of this study to assess the current status, challenges and the future prospects of physical education in the secondary schools of North Wollo zone. The sample consisted of 350 students and 7 physical education teachers drawn from three preparatory schools. The research methodology employed in the study was a descriptive survey. Questionnaires were the major data gathering instruments used in the study. Interview and observation were supportive data gathering instruments. Results: The results showed that students participation level and attitude towards physical education were low: high participation in physical education class and in different sport activities (97.35%), highly like to learn physical education class (21.17 %), high attitude towards physical education (13.23 %). Regarding to physical education curriculum: disagree on the existing curriculum of physical education satisfy needs of students (56.76 %), disagree on the contents of physical education can make you actively participate (57.35 %), instructional materials and facilities were adequate(strongly disagree, 52.64 %), the allotted time to physical education was not enough, physical education was not considered as basic subject. Conclusion: The findings show that students’ level of participation in physical education and in different sports and their attitude towards physical education was low in under study area. Instructional materials and facilities are the major factors for quality physical education in school. Moreover, it has been found that these ingredients were inadequately available in the schools under study. School facilities such as different play grounds, water to wash, different balls and different sport equipment were found to be insufficient. Keywords: Challenges, physical education, Current Status and Future prospects DOI: 10.7176/JTHS/47-02 Publication date: February 29 th 2020
Highlights
Physical education can contribute to the goals of education in many significance ways
Regarding the 2nd item, students’ interest to participate actively in physical education class, 36.17% of students’ said that we have medium interest to participate actively in physical education class, 32.64% have low interest to participate actively in physical education class, 14.70 have very high, 10.58 have low and 4.91% have very low interest to participate actively in physical education class. It indicates that majority of students have high interest to participate actively in physical education class. As it is clearly observed in item (3) of the table, 41.76% of students have medium level of motivation to participate in physical education class attentively, 32.35% have low motivation and 25% of students have high motivation to participate in physical education class attentively
As I have got from interview part most of physical education teachers said that students have low attitude towards physical education and they undermine the subject
Summary
The basic purpose of education during all periods of civilization, primitive to present has been and is to enable the individual to become a better citizen of a society (Knapps & Hagman, 1953). Secondary school physical education programs must be based upon an understanding of the general nature of needs, abilities, and behavior, specific characteristics of students which the secondary school serves, and ways in which physical education uniquely contributes to the growth and development of students (Knapp & Hagman, 1953). One of the roles of physical educators in School is to modify and prepare activities that suit to their students’ interest and abilities Regarding to this Wuest and Bucher, (1995) states that one of the primary goals of physical educators teaching at the secondary school level is to socialize students in to the role of participants in physical activities suited to their needs and interests. 1.2 Statement of the Problem School based physical education program offer students the opportunity to work towards achieving the goals and objectives of education through an active learning process. The qualitative data were obtained from observation, interviews and openended questions were analyzed in description forms, following the analysis of each of the quantitative data as needed
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