It was the purpose of this study to evaluate teacher training in physical
education in the Junior Primary course in the various teachers training
colleges in the Republic of South Africa and South West Africa.
Such a study required descriptive research. A literature study of the
development of the child in the junior primary school classes (between
the the ages of six and nine years) was conducted. This developmental
scheme is discussed under the headings of the physical,
perceptual-motor, emotional, social and cognitive development of the
child.
Many researchers have pointed out that the importance of movement in
the child's early learning experiences cannot be over emphasized. Lack
of a movement repertoire during childhood can have serious ramifications,
for it is through participation in locomotor skills that much of the social
and emotional development of childhood is shaped. The preliminary stages
of all fundamental motor skills are commonly established before the sixth
year. It has been determined that the progression from level to level
in these patterns depends on ample opportunity for practice under
guidance.
A survey was conducted in which the questionnaire method was mainly
used. This produced the following results. Physical education is
presented as a subject in the junior primary curriculum by all the
teachers training colleges. The syllabuses of physical education as a
subject in the junior primary course vary widely. Also, in some cases
it is a compulsory and in others a specialisation subject. This lack of
uniformity among the various teachers training colleges also applies to
the duration of training, amount of periods allocated, as well as the
content of the course.
It is recommended that physical education be implied as a compulsory
subject of the junior primary course of all teacher training colleges in
the Republic of South Africa and South West Africa. The duration of
training should be three years, with a minimum of forty training hours
per year. A model is proposed of the theoretical and practical contents
of physical education as a compulsory subject of the junior primary
course. It is recommended that institutions which train teachers should
provide opportunities for the understanding of motor development, if
perspective teachers are to utilize this knowledge in their teaching. / Thesis (MA (Menslike Bewegingskunde))--PU vir CHO, 1988
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/9366 |
| Date | January 1988 |
| Creators | Coetzee, Mercia |
| Publisher | Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | other |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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