The Expectation to Physical Education pedagogical arrangement and real practice in the views of students in the Institute of Physical Education in the North.

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study was aimed 1) to examine the expectation in the physical education pedagogical arrangement by PE teachers in the northern Institutes of Physical Education (IPE), 2) to investigate and compare the expectation and real practices in PE pedagogical arrangement by PE teachers in the northern Institutes of Physical Education (IPE) in the perspective of students studying in the Physical Education Program in year 5. Data was gathered from 1) documents and real survey, 2) using the questionnaires, distributed to a total of 193 students studying in year 5. Data analysis was performed using 1) content analysis, 2) descriptive statistics; percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test for dependent samples.

The result of the study of the physical education pedagogical arrangement by PE teachers in the northern Institutes of Physical Education (IPE) showed as follows.

1. There are 17 IPE campuses, located in the various regions; each four in north, northeast, and south each, and five in central Thailand. Each campus offers three faculties; Education, Liberal Art, and Sport and Health Sciences.
2. Overall, the level of expectation toward PE pedagogical arrangement by PE teachers in the

northern Institutes of Physical Education (IPE) was high (= 4.22, SD = 0.77) Regarding to real practices in PE teaching and learning by PE teachers, according to the students’ perspectives, was high (= 3.56, SD = 0.90) and regarding to comparison on the level of expectation and real practices  in PE teaching and learning by PE teachers, according to the students’ perspective, the results showed that teachers’ qualification on teaching techniques, teaching innovation, learner evaluation were different at statistically significantly level 0.05 in  overall respects of areas.