FACTORS AFFECTING TEACHING PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN SECOND CYCLE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN CASE OF BULE HORA DISTRICT; WEST GUJI ZONE, OROMIA REGINAL STATE, ETHIOPIA

Abstract

The main objective of the study was to show up factors affecting teaching physical education in Second cycle primary schools in case of Bule Hora District. To conduct the study, descriptive survey design was used with mixed approaches, which is both quantitative and qualitative research approaches are used. The sample sizes were determined by Slovene’s formula from population study of 1600 students which were 328. Of those 320 students’ respondents, 5 physical education teachers, 3 second cycle primary school directors. In the selection of the sample population, random sampling techniques for students and purposive sampling techniques for Physical Education teachers and school directors’ respondents. The teaching of physical education is simply the ability to engage the whole class in a systematic approach in skill development. The researcher claims schools that contend to educate all students as many do in their mission statement must recognize that physical education is an important part of that educationThe researcher used questionnaires, in terviews and observation to collect data for the study.The data were analyzed using frequencies, percentage,were used to analyze quantitative data with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Scie nces (SPSS V.16.0) software program.The results were presented using frequency tables.The major f inding of this study is due to the reasons such as problem of large class size, lack of physical education exercise book, lack of sufficient budget, lack of materials, lack of facility and lack of attitude for teaching learning process of physical education. This is a common problem of Abayi, Bule Hora and Mekaneyesus second cycle primary schools in Bule Hora District; West Guji Zone. For further improvement, permanent on the work training, support and fulfillment of facilities, materials and also large class size were suggested as potential solutions to the proper teaching physical education in both theoretical and practical Physical Education class.