Students’ perceptions and value orientation
could assist curriculum developers to
design and implement a Physical Education
(PE) curriculum that would address the
needs of post-independent South African
schools. PE and School Sport (SS) in South
Africa demonstrate extremes and
inequities. Contrast is visible in all aspects
of South African life, but most significant
in education. White and urban schools are
relatively problem free, whereas black and
rural schools have been adversely affected
by the past governments’ apartheid and
separate development policies. Some
schools have well developed facilities,
while the majority has next to nothing. PE
teachers are qualified in some cases and
grossly unqualified in many others. PE
programmes in white schools and urban
cities offer a wide and balanced variety of
activities while in others opportunities are
limited to a few movement activities. PE as
a school subject has been neglected,
misunderstood, seen as being of little
importance and regarded as inferior when
compared to other subjects in the school
curriculum. In order to find out the
perceptions of PE and school sport among
school children aged 7-15years, we
administered the modified Sport in
Education (SpinEd) project questionnaire
to 923 school children in two provinces
and contrasting geographical locations in South Africa. The questionnaire focused on five main
domains referring specifically to aspects of
children’s perceptions and understanding of
PE and SS. The results showed some
disparity in the perceptions and
understanding of PE and SS among the
respondents by gender, age group and
geographical location, specifically with
regard to feeling about PE and SS, outcomes
of PE and SS, comparison of PE and SS with
other school subjects and perceived
competence in PE and SS. Results are
discussed in the light of their implications for
provision of quality PE and SS in South
African schools.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1000930 |
| Date | 03 December 2008 |
| Creators | Amusa, LO, Toriola, AL |
| Publisher | African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Rights | African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance |
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