Educational Position of Physical Education Curriculum Based on Point of Views of Elementary School Principals, Teachers, Students, and Parents

Abdi, Saeed; Ramzani Nejad, Rahim

Educational Position of Physical Education Curriculum Based on Point of Views of Elementary School Principals, Teachers, Students, and Parents

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Saeed Abdi ¹
Rahim Ramzani Nejad ²

¹ PhD Student in Sports Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, IRAN.

² Professor, Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, IRAN.

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the position of physical education among other subjects in managers, teachers, parents, and students’ views. The statistical population of the study consists of all managers and both male and female teachers and all male and female students of Elementary Schools of Rasht. The sample consists all the managers, 310 teachers, 400 male and female students among their parents. The instrument to gather the data was a researchermade questionnaire that different Educational position of physical education compared to other school subjects tested Elementary Schools. content and face validity have been approved by University professors, leaders of different subject groups and experienced teachers, and reliability has also been approved by Cronbach Alpha Method. The result of the study showed significant difference between the position of physical education subject and other school subjects in students, parents, managers, and teacher’ views. The results were as follows: Students ranked physical education in fourth, parents ranked physical education in third, and principals and teachers ranked physical education in first. Due to the fundamental transformation plan, the development of a national curriculum and various plans in the elementary school, the physical education course was of considerable importance.

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