The major challenges of physical education theoretical class teaching learning process in gambella region selected woredas.

Abstract

In everyday activities human being make different thing in order to satisfy and themselves unintentionally human interests to physical education and sport for the purpose of the recreation and entertainment. UNESCO believes that physical education and sport should make more effective contribution to inculcation of fundamental human value under laying the full development of people. In Ethiopia in Gambella region, Agnuwa Zone there were still indigenous variable that define controlled space, time the nature of the game, publics events and entertainment that were conducted. In this study major problems related to teaching learning process of physical education in theoretical class at Agnuwa zone secondary school were investigated. A sample of 244 respondents from target population of 1,110 was obtained and descriptive survey research design was employed, qualitative and quantitative techniques were used to draw valid conclusion. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, chi-square test of association and logistic regression model. The Pearson Chi-squared test of association showed that ready to learn physical education and study physical education subject, sex, and doing homework physical education, whether students had prior knowledge about physical education, whether students pay more attention for physical education subject, whether students had good intellectual knowledge on importance of physical education subject, year of service of teachers, whether the students study the physical education subject, whether students score good mark in physical education subject, and whether teachers use different assessment for students were significantly associated so the concerning body must consider these variables to enhance the students readiness in le arning physical education. The logistic regression analysis result showed that availability of reference material, whether students study physical education subject and sex of the respondents were statistically significant factors for the readiness of the students to learn physical education in the class so stakeholders and the government should make available reference material and increase the students study time in order to increase their interest to learn physical education. Large class size had negative effect on readiness to learn physical education and when we compare very large class size with medium the readiness would decreased, so the government and stakeholders must be work hard to use minimum or medium class size so that they improve their students’ interest to learn physical education as the result showed in the study area