CHALLENGES OF TEACHING- LEARNING PROCESSIN PHYSICAL EDUCATION PRACTICAL CLASS: THE CASE OF BULEHORATOWNSECONDARYSCHOOLSWESTGUJI,OROMIAREGION ALSTATE,ETHIOPIA.

Abstract

TheaimofthestudywastoassessthechallengeofteachinglearningprocessofphysicaleducationinBu leHoratownsecondaryschoolsinWestGujiZoneOromiaregional state. Descriptive survey method was employed in order to answer the researchquestionsofthestudy.Thestudywasusedsenses sampling techniques for PEteachersandschoolprincipalsandsimplerandomsamplingmethodforstudentstoselectsamplesf romthetotalpopulation.Datawascollectedthroughquestionnaires,interviews and observation. The population study was 2668 students,5 physical educationteachers and 4, school principals from two schools. From the total samples size was takenfrom two schools and they totally were 356, which consisted of 4 Principals, 5 PhysicalEducationteachersand347students.Thestudentsincludedfromtwoschools162ofthemfro m Bule Hora and 185 of them Beriso Dukale secondary school and according to gender199 of them male and the rest of 148 of them female. The collected data were organized,analyzed, tabulated and interpreted by using percentage and frequency. The major identifiedproblems were lack of motivation of PE teachers, lack of teaching materials, problem of largeclasssize,teachingmethodology,insufficientinstructionaltimeandtheroleofschoolmanagem ent and working condition of the school compound. The researcher recommendedthattheconcernedbodiesofeducation,PEteachersaswellasstudentsandschoolmana gement should show unreserved effort to provide and fulfill inadequate instructionalresourcesandfacilitiesaswellasgivetrainingforPE teachersanddrawingstudents’attentionto thepurposeare thepossible solutions toovercomethechallenges.