Abstract
Purpose: The study aims to explore the possibility of the unification of indigenous games in teaching Physical Education in the Enhanced Basic Education Program – the K to 12 Program. It also aims to determine the level of agreement of MAPEH teachers in the unification of indigenous games and to identify the indigenous games that will be unified in each grade level. 
 Approach/Methodology/Design: Descriptive and qualitative methods of research were used in this study. The instruments used were questionnaire and an interview guide. Thirty teachers in Cagayan National High School participated in the study as a sample. Data were analyzed using means, frequency distribution and percentage.
 Findings: The results revealed that one hundred percent of the respondents strongly agree with the integration of indigenous games in teaching Physical Education. The respondents believed that this will be a way to preserve the tradition and culture that a certain community has hence, a great manifestation of being a Filipino.
 Practical Implications: Four indigenous games will be integrated for each grade level. This will improve the teaching of physical education.
 Originality/value: Indigenous games represent the culture and values towards the maintenance of health of every Filipino. This research article revives an interest in exploring and adopting indigenous games. It also attempts to establish a connection with the Filipino culture in the teaching of physical education.
Highlights
Physical Education is one of the subjects in high school which balances the learning that the students could get from their subjects namely English, Science, and Mathematics and from their other subjects like the Technical – Vocational Education/Technology and Livelihood Education, “AralingPanlipunan”, Filipino and the like
The descriptive design described the demographic information of the respondents in terms of age, civil status, highest educational attainment, designation or position in the school where they are working and their teaching experience in terms of years. It determined the level of agreement of the respondents on the integration of indigenous games in teaching Physical Education and the different indigenous games to be integrated into the K-12 Basic Education Program in teaching Physical Education
Four – point Likert scale was used with 4 points as “strongly agree”, 3 points as “somewhat agree”, and so on. Another part of the questionnaire was a checklist of indigenous games in which the respondents selected the indigenous games they want to be integrated in teaching Physical Education from Grade 7 to Grade 10
Summary
Physical Education is one of the subjects in high school which balances the learning that the students could get from their subjects namely English, Science, and Mathematics and from their other subjects like the Technical – Vocational Education/Technology and Livelihood Education, “AralingPanlipunan”, Filipino and the like. It is the subject that hones the cognitive aspect of the students and the psychomotor and affective aspects through the different physical activities that a student can perform. It plays a vital role in the development of one’s holistic personality. Studying Physical Education will equip today’s young generation with the knowledge on the quality of human existence and our ancestral influence This is one way of preserving them considering with the vast changes in our civilization due to the influence of the other countries and the existence of technology (Carag, 2020)
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