Physical Education Curriculum: A Panacea for the Attainment of Socio- Economic and Cultural Development of Primary School Pupils with Visual Impairment in Nigeria

This study focused on what lessons can be learned from the Physical Education Curriculum under the reign of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)? We conducted an unprecedented analysis of ISIS primary school physical education curriculum. The research objective focused on describing and analyzing the context and philosophy of the document as well as its content (calligraphy, didactic, pedagogy, learning assessment, among others). We also analyzed the general scientific quality of the curriculum of physical education targeting fitness preparation by the instructor in charge of the education of the youth. In addition, our analysis focused on the philosophical and contextual issues of the manual. Findings revealed an incomplete and a rapidly developed textbook where several essential elements related to pedagogy, didactics, learning and assessment were missing or inconsistent. The logic of military preparation under the guise of preparing the student’s physical condition was an important finding without being explicitly mentioned. Integration of religious content was present without being affirmed in the content of the lessons. We argue that the ISIS physical education curriculum appears to be committed to an absolutist/theocratic ideological or propaganda program that, among other things, promotes the preparation of the future soldiers of the ISIS army. Recommendations about secularization and the reconstruction of post-ISIS education systems are formulated.

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Effectiveness of yoga-aerobic means’ application in physical education of primary school pupils

Pedagogics psychology medical-biological problems of physical training and sports ◽

10.15561/18189172.2016.0105 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 20 (01) ◽

pp. 35-40 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

L.S. Mykhno ◽

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T.О. Loza

Keyword(s):

Physical Education ◽

Primary School ◽

Primary School Pupils

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PREVENTION AND CORRECTION OF POSTURE IMPAIRMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS’ AT THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES

The Pedagogical Process Theory and Practice ◽

10.28925/2078-1687.2018.1-2.5765 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Tamila Tkachenko

Keyword(s):

Physical Education ◽

Primary School ◽

Physical Development ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Experimental Methodology ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Physical Conditions ◽

Muscle Groups ◽

Primary School Pupils ◽

Further Development

The aim of this work is to devise, base and give a proof of efficiency of using special quick games methodology for prevention and correction of the primary school children impairment posture, this methodology optimal and moderate organism effect. The principles, organizational and methodological peculiarities as for effective methodology introduction at physical education classes are shown in this article. Moreover, the interdependence between the pupils’ motivation increase during the class and its health-improvingly and preventive direction is determined. The results of complex testing and analyzed peculiarities of the methodology influence on boys and girls displayed positive influence on undeveloped muscle groups, amplitude and coordination of the movements, progress in motor qualities, their interconnection stabilizing, improvement of pupils’ emotional conditions and health. 211 pupils of 1-4th forms in Kyiv School № 309 took part in researches of posture conditions and experimental methodology probation. The methods of pupils’ organisms’ physical conditions researches include: medical cards analysis; questioning; researches of physical development and functional state; the tests for coordination. Some methods of pupils’ physical development were used. These are: somatoscopy; anthropometrical data determining; determining and valuation of physical state. The perspectives of further development and the results of present direction researches usage consist in increasing of physical education classes efficiency and their health-improving and prevention direction due to the usage of quick games methodologies for pupils of 1-4 forms posture impairment correction and their further improvement.

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Measuring achievement emotions questionnaire for physical education (AEQ-PE): a confirmatory study in Malay language

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-11869-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mohamad Fadil Ibrahim ◽

Garry Kuan ◽

Hairul Anuar Hashim ◽

Nurul Azuar Hamzah ◽

Yee Cheng Kueh

Keyword(s):

Physical Education ◽

Primary School ◽

High Reliability ◽

Measurement Model ◽

Fit Indices ◽

Achievement Emotions ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Translation Techniques ◽

Measuring Achievement ◽

Primary School Pupils

Abstract Background This study aimed to verify a translated Malay version of the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire for Physical Education (AEQ-PE) by assessing the level of achievement emotions in six constructs among the Malaysian primary school pupils using the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Methods A total of 607 Malay pupils, comprising 240 (39.5%) boys and 367 (60.5%) girls aged between 10 and 11, were recruited from 10 schools to answer the questionnaire, which measured their views on 24 items through a five-point Likert scale. The AEQ-PE was translated into Malay language (AEQ-PE-M) using forwarding to backward translation techniques. Certain phrases were adopted in accordance with the local culture and vocabulary appropriate for primary school pupils. CFA was performed using the Mplus 8.0 software, and the final model demonstrated high reliability in terms of the composite reliability and Cronbach’s alpha. Results Analysis of the CFA showed an acceptable fit indices in CFI (0.936), TLI (0.926), RMSEA = 0.039 (90% CI, 0.034, 0.045) and SRMR (0.049) of the AEQ-PE measurement model. All of the items in the original AEQ-PE version were retained and deemed suitable for Malay primary school pupils. Conclusion The AEQ-PE-M with 24 items was a suitable tool for measuring the level of school children’s involvement in determining achievement emotions and their motivation towards physical education.

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