Teacher’s competence on attitude of high school students towards physical education in a Kellem Wollega Zone, Ethiopia

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the effects of a teacher's competence on the attitude of high school students towards Physical Education in a Kellem Wollega Zone, Ethiopia. Students from three high schools were selected as a sample study. The study employed a descriptive survey design. To fit the purpose of the study, the stratified random sampling technique was used to select 349 students from Anfilo, Lafto, and Dereje Keba high schools. The data were collected by using questionnaires and analyzed by frequency counts and percentages in tables. The questionnaire consisted of 10 items of close-ended questions with a Likert-type scale format from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree. The results of the study show most students like physical activities that do not make them tired and sweaty. But they develop a more negative attitude towards Physical Education because their Physical Education teacher does not treat the students equally and students do the same thing which made them boring. Another thing that affects the students’ attitude towards physical education was they prefer playing a game rather than learning physical education as a subject.