Analysis of teacher s perception and organization on physical education elective courses Chang-Wan Yu* Korea Institute of curriculum and evaluation [Purpose] [Methods] [Results] [Conclusions] Key words:

Table 1. Number of schools Province Number of schools Province Number of schools Seoul 23 Sejong 1 Gyeonggi 40 Chungnam 6 Gangwon 5 Chungbuk 4 Incheon 8 Jeonnam 5 Daejeon 5 Jeonbuk 6 Gwangju 6 Gyeongnam 11 Daegu 7 Kyungbuk 8 Ulsan 4 Jeju 3 Busan 8 Total 150

Table 3. Recognition of elective courses in physical education (Unit: persons (%)) Subject name Physical education Exercise and Health Sports life PE Exploration I do not know 16 (5.8) 12 (4.4) 16 (5.8) 36 (13.1) I know the degree of subject. 76 (27.7) 62 (22.6) 81 (29.6) 97 (35.4) I know the nature of the subject. 122 (44.5) 129 (47.1) 132 (48.2) 112 (40.9) I know the main contents of the course. 54 (19.7) 65 (23.8) 38 (13.9) 23 (8.4) No answer 6 (2.2) 6 (2.2) 7 (2.6) 6 (2.2) Total Table 2. Purpose of general and career selection division (Unit: persons (%)) I do not know 48 (17.5) Classification fact only 103 (37.6) Know a little about purpose 74 (27.0) I know the intent enough 44 (16.1) No answer 5 (1.8) Total

Table 4. Specialized subject required for general high school students wishing to enter the physical education department(multiple responses) (Unit: persons (%)) Subject name Response Subject name Response Introduction to Sports Physical Education and Career Exploration Physical Education Instruction Track and field Gymnastic exercise Water exercise Personal interpersonal exercise 165 (8.5) 179 (9.3) 143 (7.4) 158 (8.2) 138 (7.1) 95 (4.9) 161 (8.3) Total Group exercise P.E Basic Practice P.E Advanced Practice P.E Applications Practice Sports fitness Sports Training Practice Sports Games Analysis 164 (8.6) 196 (10.1) 110 (5.7) 84 (4.3) 149 (7.7) 113 (5.8) 79 (4.1) 1934 Table 5. The most important consideration when selecting elective subject according to the course of physical education course (Unit: persons (%)) Items Response Items Response Cultivating basic skills for physical education Improving physical skills Provide the foundation of the discipline of physical education major 133 (48.5) 54 (19.7) 40 (14.6) Total The impact of the completion of specialized courses on the university Etc No answer 24 (8.8) 1 (0.4) 22 (8.0) Table 6. The biggest reason I thought it would be difficult to open a course (Unit: persons (%)) Items Response Items Response Students non-favoritism Teachers non-favoritism Lack of teachers 81 (29.6) 20 (7.3) 87 (31.8) Total Teachers judgment that they will not help university entrance examination Etc No answer 44 (16.1) 27 (9.9) 15 (5.5)

Table 7. Plan to establish a physical education subject according to the department (Unit: Number of schools) General selection Career selection Specialty courses Ⅰ Subject name Open (47) Focus affiliation Humanities and Math PE and Social Sciences (15) science (20) other (3) Physical education 47 15 20 3 Exercise and Health 41 15 19 3 Sports life 29 13 17 3 P.E Exploration 11 0 1 0 Introduction to Sports 2 Physical Education and Career Exploration 5 Track and field 2 Gymnastic exercise 1 Group exercise 2 P.E Basic Practice 3 PE Advanced Practice PE Applications Practice 1 4 Sports fitness 1 Sports Training Practice Sports Games Analysis 2 3

Table 8. Physical education and elective courses (Unit: Number of schools) Open (47) Humanities and Social Sciences (15) Focus affiliation Math science (20) PE and other (3) Semester Semester Semester Semester 1-1 1-2 2-1 2-2 3-1 3-2 1-1 1-2 2-1 2-2 3-1 3-2 1-1 1-2 2-1 2-2 3-1 3-2 1-1 1-2 2-1 2-2 3-1 3-2 Physical education 47 47 2 15 15 20 20 3 3 Exercise and Health 38 39 17 16 15 15 2 2 17 17 4 4 3 3 Sports life 5 5 25 26 13 13 3 3 16 16 3 3 P.E Exploration 3 3 9 9 Introduction to Sports 1 1 1 1 Physical Education and Career Exploration 2 2 4 4 Track and field 2 2 Gymnastic exercise 1 1 Group exercise 2 2 P.E Basic Practice 3 3 PE Advanced Practice 1 1 PE Applications Practice 1 1 4 4 Sports fitness 1 1 Sports Training Practice 2 2 Sports Games Analysis 3 3

Table 9. Increase and decrease plan of physical education department (Unit: Number of schools) Focus affiliation Open (47) Humanities and Social Sciences (15) Math science (20) PE and Etc (3) Based on 10 units -2 Below -1 0 1 2 More than 1 17 29 4 11 10 10 3

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