TITLE:
Challenges Facing Physical Education Teachers in Jordan from Perspective of the Teachers Themselves
AUTHORS:
Mo’een Ahmad Oudat
KEYWORDS:
Challenges, Physical Education Teacher, Physical Education
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Physical Education,
Vol.6 No.2,
April
29,
2016
ABSTRACT: This study aims at identifying the challenges facing Physical Education Teachers (PETs) in Jordanian public schools. The researcher utilized the descriptive method; and the study sample consisted of 150 male and female PETs who worked in public schools in Zarqa county during the 2013/2014 academic year. The study sample was chosen by the intentional method. The researcher developed a special questionnaire about the challenges facing the PETs in Jordanian public schools. It consisted of five main domains (i.e., increased numbers of the students in the classroom; abilities, devices/instruments, and equipment; content of the academic curriculum; the school environment; and the school management). The validity of the instrument was verified by presenting it to arbitrators, whereas the reliability coefficient was calculated using Chronbach Alpha (0.89). The primary results showed a variance at the challenges level facing the PETs; as the most were related to the increased numbers of the students in the classroom. On the other hand, the least were those related to the school management. In addition, the results did not show statistically significant differences in the challenges degree facing the PETs according to the gender and years of experience variables. The researcher recommended providing the decision makers in the Jordanian Ministry of Education with an overview of the primary results to find the appropriate solutions for the challenges which the PETs faced.