The purpose of this study is to provide basic material that can be useful in exploring the way to promote physical activity of female teachers and qualitative improvement of physical education in elementary school. For this aim, this paper studied inf...
The purpose of this study is to provide basic material that can be useful in exploring the way to promote physical activity of female teachers and qualitative improvement of physical education in elementary school. For this aim, this paper studied influence of physical activity of female elementary school teachers on physical education class.
In order to achieve this goal, written questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews were carried out. Analysis is conducted on physical activity experience of female teachers and possible differences in physical education class by recognition of female teachers on physical activity. A multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling technique was used in this study. The researcher selected 16 elementary school in seoul, and subjects were female teachers in those school. 320 questionnaires distributed, and 299 of them were used in this study. 6 female teachers at 3 schools were chosen for in-depth interviews. As for the Questionnaire, frequency analysis, χ² (chi-square) validation, ANOVA were made, and inductive range analysis was applied to in-depth interviews. Interview data were tape recorded and researcher took field notes.
The results of the above mentioned procedures and analysis can be summarized as the followings.
First, most of female teachers were found that they don't prefer physical activity and their participation was also very low. But the more experience in physical activity they had, the more positive, active, and confident attitude they showed in their class. Concretely, female teachers who had more age and more carrier showed high level participation in physical activity. Whether they had extra activity except for regular class or not and, whether they chose athletics class as their cultural subjects in university or not showed statistically significant differences. Also, their preference to physical activity in school time and participation in life-time sports showed statistically significant differences in the object of physical education, the environment of the class, the content of process, teaching skills, and the environment of teachers.
Second, most of female teachers showed higher level of recognition on physical activity than average. As they understood that physical activity provide positive effects to human life, they put importance on physical education in elementary school. In a concrete way, high level of recognition on physical activity was shown in more aged and high career group. In physical, psychological, social aspects and in making use of spare time, it showed statistically significant differences. Also, the general recognition on physical activity showed statistically significant differences in the object of physical education, the environment of the class, interest in class, teaching skills, and content of process.
Third, physical education class of female teacher showed that female teacher had higher level of recognition on the object of physical education, the environment of the class, teaching skills, content of process, the environment of teachers, and interest in class. In a concrete way, high level of recognition on physical activity was shown in more aged and high career group. They showed statistically significant differences in the object of physical education, the environment of the class, teaching skills, content of process. In the result of in-depth interviews, it was found that female teachers had problems and obstacles such as difficulty in carrying out curriculum set by class schedule, their lack of ability to teach each field, complexity of preparing the class, poor sports facilities and environment, whether, and safety accident. This study found that in order to improve these situations, recognition of students on physical activity need to be changed, and full responsibility physical education system, and physical training programs are also required.
In conclusion, physical activity of female elementary school teachers provide positive effects to physical education class. Furthermore, it can affect building up recognition of children on physical activity. Because this early recognition on physical activity can be established as one complete value in life time, effective physical education classes conducted by female teachers based on their various experience and participation in physical activity are very important. In order to promote female teacher to participate in physical activity, such procedures as systemic pre-education of physical training, extended opportunity to training, enough and newly developed data etc. are needed. Also study for actual field has to be activated to prevent division of theory and reality, and continuous researches for effective physical education are required.