Curriculum Implementation in Physical Education

Abstract

A thesis report for the requirement of the partial fulfillment of Master’s degree in Education Curriculum and Evaluation course no. 598, a study on the topic “Curriculum Implementation in Physical Education has been made. The objective of the study was to find out availability of curriculum materials of physical education, to find out the present condition of classroom instruction and to seek the problems of physical education. To obtain the objectives, 6 public lower secondary schools were selected in sunsari district by convenient sampling method. Similarly by random sampling method. Physical education teachers also selected conveniently

The collected the information with the help of Focus Group Discussion amongst students. And guided interview with teachers. The researcher recorded the teaching/sports materials with the help of check list and observed the classes of physical education class and obtained the data

In the study it was found that every teacher has textbook they use it while teaching rather than other curriculum materials and instruction was limited in explanation method .Teachers were indifferent to collect and construct local instructional materials. Interaction between students, teachers, administers and school management committee was practically nil. School supervision was poor and rare. No training is managed from government. Headmasters are out of right rather than followers of political parties.Politicalization for teacher appointment are prevailing in many schools. Available materials were not in good condition. In the case of continuous evaluation, there exist only yearly exam rather than observation, unit test, and monthly test etc. Importance was given only to final examination and district level examination in grade-8

Regarding the implementation of physical education curriculum in lower secondary level Curriculum Development Center should conduct training, workshop, and orientation of physical education teachers and create new vacancy for the post.