The Implementation of Physical Education Program in the Secondary Level: its Relations to the School Heads' Involvement

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Physical Education is a required subject in secondary public and private schools that encourages psychomotor learning in games or movements in an exploration setting. Education leaders believe that education plays a vital role in the development of an individual. It helps him achieve the maximum mental, physical, social and emotional fitness. It helps the learners to develop the patterns of interest in physical activity, which are essential for healthy development and which lay the foundation for teenage healthy lifestyles.

METHODS

In this study, the descriptive method is used. This method emphasizes the present condition of the phenomenon under study, describes a current situation, determines the nature of the prevailing conditions or practices, and makes an accurate description of the activities and processes. Thus, the selection of these research methods was considered.

RESULTS

The following conclusion has been established. Teachers and students perceived that both should be involved in the implementation of physical education classes. There is a significant relationship between the implementation of the curriculum used by the teachers in teaching as far as academic achievement is concerned. The students' level of achievement is to arrange mastery and academically developed. There is no significant relationship between the extent of PE activities implemented in schools and student achievement. The study will contribute to the discovery of the need for the development of different strategies and methods for effective physical education teaching and learning.

DISCUSSIONS

Teachers should be educationally equipped and have the appropriate knowledge various teaching strategies and methods in teaching physical education. School heads should involve themselves in the development of various activities in the implementation of physical education classes. School heads should also maintain the standards that they have in recognizing the academic involvement as there is a significant relationship between physical education and the achievement of the students. School heads and teachers should cooperate for the improvement of the school. Future researches should be conducted using the same set of variables in other divisions to validate the findings of this study.