Physical Education Teachers’ Attitude on Learning Management in the 21st Century: Primary School under the Office of Regional Education 9

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to: 1) investigate the physical education teachers’ attitude on learning management in the 21^st century: Primary school under the Office of Regional Education 9; and 2) compare their attitude in relation to gender, age, educational qualification, physical education teaching experience and academic position. The samples used in this research were 295 physical education teachers in primary schools under the Office of Regional Education 9. The research instrument was a questionnaire on the physical education teachers’ attitude on learning management in the 21^st century for primary school students under the Office of Regional Education 9, consisting of four aspects: learning management in the 21^st century; teacher’s personality in the 21^st century; facilities, media and equipment for learning management in the 21^st century; and measurement and evaluation for learning management in the 21^st century. The research instrument content validity reviewed by a panel of five experts is between 0.60 - 1.00. and its reliability was found at 0.96. The data analysis was conducted by frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Independent Samples t-test, One-Way Analysis of Variance, pair comparison by LSD’s method at the statistic significance level of .05. The findings revealed as follows:

1. The physical education teachers’ attitude on learning management in the 21^st century for primary school students under the Office of Regional Education 9 in all four aspects was found at a highest level as a whole (= 4.38). In separated aspects, three aspects were found in a highest level, consisting of teacher’s personality in the 21^st century (= 4.38), learning management in the 21^st century ( = 4.37), and measurement and evaluation for learning management in the 21^st century ( = 4.37), respectively.

          2. Comparison of physical education teachers’ attitude on learning management in the 21^st century: Primary school under the Office of Regional Education 9 in all four aspects indicated that significant differences of their attitude in relation to gender and age were found in three aspects: learning management in the 21^st century; teacher’s personality in the 21^st century; and measurement and evaluation for learning management in the 21^st century, at the level of .05. Also, significant differences of their attitude in relation to educational qualification were found in two aspects: learning management in the 21^st century; and facilities, media and equipment for learning management in the 21^st century, at the level of .05. However, no significant differences of their attitude in relation to physical education teaching experience and academic position were found in all four aspects.