The status of physical education in Jordanian basic stage (grades 1-3)‎ schools as reported by classroom teachers

الملخص EN

This study investigated the status of Physical Education in the Basic Stage schools (grades 1-3) in the Northern part of Jordan.

The sample of the study consisted of 230 classroom teachers.

For-the purposes of this study a sixty-two item questionnaire of 4 likert items was developed.

Descriptive statistics (frequency and percentages) were used to analyze the collected data.

The results revealed that 34.5 % of the basic stage classroom teachers were not familiar with the importance of the implementation of physical education activities.

The results also revealed that physical education has a low status regarding its suitability to Basic Stage schools.

The study recommended conducting in-service workshops for Basic Stage classroom teachers on how to implement new ideas and methods of implementing physical education classes.