The Physical education curriculum can be regarded as a system which consists of teachong contents selected validly on the basis of the goal Physical education.
The purpose of this study is to analyze characteristics, trends, composition, and contents...
The Physical education curriculum can be regarded as a system which consists of teachong contents selected validly on the basis of the goal Physical education.
The purpose of this study is to analyze characteristics, trends, composition, and contents of Physical education curriculum between Korea Physical education curriculum.
The results of the analysis is like the following;
(1) The system, charactersistics, and need of Physical education are generally similar in both countries.
(2) Although Physical education is a compulsory subject in both countries, there is a difference of allotting class time(period). Even if both countries provide 105 periods for Physical education, there is a lack of 25~30 periods in korea in terms of practical total class time.
(3) The contents of Physical education in both Korea and Japan consist of theory, practical talent, and health, however, in Japanese curriculm 35 periods are allotted to the section of health in the 3rd year students.
(4) As for the section of practical talent, while in Japan practical talent is effectively instructed by considering the variables such as regional characteristics, school situations, teachers' capability, etc., in korea the content of teaching involves too much without considering the relevant variables mentioned above. Thus, Korea teachers and student together seem to have too heavy burden, which may be one of the reasons that growing students have frustration, emotional instability, tension, etc.
(5) Both countries are almost simost similar in teaching methods and testing. What is different, in Korea the attitude is presented in he teaching goal while presented in the unit in Japan. In addition to this, in Japan teaching methods and testing are managed effectively depending upon the number of students and school circumstances.