The purpose of this study was to develop the gymnastics curriculum based on a knowledge structure model so that P. E. teachers could prepare more effective and consistent teaching materials for the mat excercise classes in girls` high schools. The app...
The purpose of this study was to develop the gymnastics curriculum based on a knowledge structure model so that P. E. teachers could prepare more effective and consistent teaching materials for the mat excercise classes in girls` high schools. The approaches and results are followings: (1) In order to organize the structure of psychomotor domain and mat-centered gymnastics curriculum the reseacher set 7 stages to gymnastics skills, which could be taught in schools and analyzed the skill system of every stage by using the Vicker`s frame of knowledge structure. (2) For the structure of cognitive domain, the researcher systematized necessary knowledgethe learners can effectively perform the gymnastic activities on the basis of motor learning, teaching method, biomechanics, exercise psychology, P.E. philosophy, and P.E. history. (3) By way of structuring affective domain, the researcher selected andorganized the contents related to mat excercise on the basis of sociopsychological background knowledge. (4) Finally, the researcher integrated psychomotor domain, cognitive domain, and affective domain into a gymnastics curriculum, which could be used in girls` high schools. In conclusion, it is believed that this developed curriculum could be helpful to understand what the learners should know and what they should perform when they are in gymanastics classes; that it could suggest the methods of teaching the integrated form of skills, knowledge, and attitudes; and that it could be a turming point in physical education by clearing the disparity between theory and practical skill.