Teacher Performance and Attitude of Students Towards Physical Education in the Philippines

Abstract

Most research over the last three decades has shown that students' views toward Physical Education, whether positive or negative, are important variables in their engagement in physical activities. The purpose of the study was to determine the significant influence of teacher performance and the attitude of students towards Physical Education. The study included 199 students from the Padada and Hagonoy, two districts in the Philippines who participated in quantitative nonexperimental research using a correlational technique and a random sample technique. All participants completed the questionnaire which consisted of 68 questions. Instruction, evidence of student learning, management and organization, learning climate and professionalism were the considered factors that affect teacher performance. Moreover, family Physical Education, cultural Physical Education and personal Physical Education were the indicators of student performance. Mean, Pearson-r and Regression were the statistical tools used for the data treatment. Results showed a high level of Teacher Performance in terms of instruction, management and organization, evidence of student learning and learning climate. Thus, only professionalism shows significant results (r=.326, p<0.05). The study also revealed that student attitudes towards Physical Education were very high in terms of cultural Physical Education, family Physical Education and personal Physical Education. Furthermore, there was only a minimal significant relation between the indicators, however, this cannot affect the overall result of the study; thus, there was no significant relationship between the two variables. Importantly, professionalism is the only domain that influences student attitudes towards Physical Education.