Interdisciplinary physical education: implementation and insights of indonesian pe teachers

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Interdisciplinary physical education (PE) learning is an innovation that combines other subjects with physical education which is really needed at this time. The purpose of this study is to measure the extent of knowledge and implementation of interdisciplinary PE learning of PE teachers in Indonesia. A descriptive quantitative research method through a survey approach was used in this study. A questionaire instrument related to the implementation and knowledge of interdisciplinary PE was used and distributed to 184 PE teachers in Indonesia (80 in elementary school, 45 in senior high school, and 59 in senior high schools). Data processing was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The research results explained that only 17 PE teachers (21.25%) in elementary schools had ever carried out interdisciplinary PE learning and their average knowledge was 49.6 (enough to know). At junior high school level, only 13 PE teachers (28.9%) had carried out interdisciplinary PE learning with an average knowledge of 60.9 (know). At the high school level, only 3 PE teachers (5%) have ever implemented interdisciplinary PE learning with an average knowledge of 40.8 (enough to know). Overall, only 33 PE teachers (17.9%) have implemented interdisciplinary PE learning with an average knowledge of 49.6, which means they are in the "enough to know" category. Very few PE teachers in Indonesia apply interdisciplinary PE learning and their knowledge of interdisciplinary PE is only limited to knowing enough, this of course needs to be improved considering that interdisciplinary learning is a learning innovation that is really needed nowadays. Keywords: interdisciplinary learning, physical education , learning innovation, pe teacher, subject collaboration.