Abstract:
The main aim of an academic research is to add to the existing knowledge and as problems are
identified and solutions are provided, consequently, improvement is always expected. Practical
and theoretical classes are an integral component of educational structure for physical
education. The high school physical education teachers face a lot of challenges concerning
curriculum time allocation, class sizes, teachers’ professional affiliation, examination and
assessment, school sport, and use of technology, among others. However, while the importance
of physical education is widely acknowledged, competition from other academic subjects has
forced many schools to reduce or cancel some physical education programmers.
The objectives of this study is to identify the challenges of physical education teachers in
teaching-learning process in case of some select high schools at Abdibori,Gore,Metu and Onga
highschools in Ilu Aba Bor Zone of Oromia Region. In order to carry out the designed study, 167
students, 12 Sport Teachers and 4 School Administrator of grade ten were selected to collect
data for the research using probability and non-probality data collection techniques
respectively. While simple random technique was employed to collect data through questionnaire
from the students,teachers and classroom observation during teaching lesson, purposive
sampling was used to gather data through interview from the School Administrator.The data
from the open ended type of the questionnaire and interview is analyzed qualitatively by using
words and quantitatively. The research design was descriptive and both quantitative and
qualitative methods were applied. The principals of the instruments used were questionnaire,
interview and classroom observation. To analyze the collected data from students’ response
through questionnaire, frequency, mean value and SD an were employed, and the results
expressed using tables, bargraphs and piecharts.
The data collected from different sources through a questionnaire were classified, organized,
analyzed and interpreted using the combination of both quantitative (statistical) and qualitative
research analysis in line with the objective of the research. Regarding the analysis of primary
data, information generated from teachers,school principal and students were analyzed by using
quantitative techniques. The researcher analyzed the data using table, percentage,mean and SD.
The lastly come up with summary, conclusion and recommendation, the study clearly indicated
to solve the challenges of Physical education teachers in teaching-learning process to identify
the challenges of physical education in the school.
