Original scientific paper

EVALUATION OF P.E. CURRICULUM – ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Mara Šumanović ; Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Učiteljski fakultet u Osijeku, Hrvatska
Zvonimir Tomac ; Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Učiteljski fakultet u Osijeku, Hrvatska
Dražen Rastovski ; Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Učiteljski fakultet u Osijeku, Hrvatska

Abstract

The aim was to evaluate the curriculum of Physical Education (P.E.) in lower grades of elementary school by exploring the attitudes of elementary school teachers. The sample consisted of 202 teachers from the Osijek – Baranja County. The following curriculum features were looked into: interesting, up-to-date, useful, simple, detailed, synchronised, feasible, basic motor skills, clarity, modifications necessary. Factor analysis offered three dimensions that represent reliable criteria for the curriculum evaluation: useful and synchronised; detailed; modifications necessary. The results suggest that curriculum is mostly evaluated (highest scores) as useful and interesting by the teachers. It is considered very detailed in the area of aims, tasks and subject matter. There are conflicted opinions about the necessary modifications of the curriculum. The biggest difference in teachers’ attitudes is found in the first dimension. The teachers with more working experience, as well as those who claimed to have satisfying working conditions, find the curriculum most useful and synchronised, and they demand no modifications of the curriculum. The majority of teachers agree that the curriculum is very detailed in the area of aims, tasks and subject matter. These results should be taken into account when designing a new P.E. curriculum.

Keywords

curriculum; teachers; attitudes; Physical Education; evaluation

Hrčak ID:

121533

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/121533

Publication date:

13.6.2013.

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