Open AccessPrimary School Teacher' Perceptions towards the Physical Education Component of Creative and Performing Arts Curriculum in Botswana
Author(s) -
Lobone Lloyd Kasale,
Martin M. Mokgwathi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
asian journal of physical education and recreation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2075-4604
DOI - 10.24112/ajper.161899
Subject(s) - the arts , curriculum , physical education , mathematics education , psychology , dance , cronbach's alpha , pedagogy , subject (documents) , test (biology) , drama , perception , performing arts education , arts in education , medical education , medicine , computer science , visual arts , psychometrics , art , clinical psychology , paleontology , neuroscience , library science , biology
LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in English; abstract also in Chinese.
Creative and Performing Arts is a new subject that has been introduced at the primary school level in Botswana. The subject draws its contents from various disciplines such as Arts and Craft, Design and technology, Home Economics, Business Studies, Drama, Dance, Music and Physical Education. The aim of the study is to evaluate the perceptions of the primary school teachers with regards to teaching of the Physical Education component of Creative and Performing Arts curriculum. Nine primary schools in the greater Gaborone area were randomly selected for the purpose of this study. The data was collected by means of a questionnaire that was designed for the purpose of this study. The Cronbach Alpha was used to test the reliability of the instrument and a value of 0.73 was obtained in the test. The questionnaire was distributed among the primary school teachers who responded to it. Data analysis revealed that teachers were not adequately trained to demonstrate physical education skills and therefore had difficulties in teaching the subject. It is hence recommended that teachers who are required to teach the physical education component of Creative and Performing Arts must be qualified physical education professionals who will be able to correctly demonstrate physical education skills to the learners. In this way, students may be able to benefit from creative and performing arts as a curriculum subject.
本文旨在探討博茨瓦納小學的體育科與創意藝術科的融合結果顯示需要培訓足夠的教師去教授這些融合的課程。