Physical Education Curriculum In the Physical Educator journal article "Students' perspective in the design and implementation of the physical education curriculum" (Ha et al.), twenty five secondary schools were chosen to survey the views of both male and female students on the current state of the curriculum in the physical education programs of each high school, each of which implemented a similar physical education program and made use of similar facilities and equipment. While 7000 questionnaires were distributed, a total of 5283 students responded to the survey out from the Hong Kong national school system; males comprised 46% of the respondents and females comprised 54%. The survey used consisted of ten questions, and the most significant respondents were those in grades nine, ten, and eleven. This survey found that approximately one third of high school students from this district would chose not to participate in physical education classes at all if the class were offered as an elective rather than a required course. More male respondents than female ones indicated that they would chose to participate in physical education classes if the classes were not a requirement, though there was not any indication that students currently enrolled in extracurricular sports are more inclined to be interested in the physical education classes. Students identified that basketball, badminton, swimming, and squash. Males specifically chose soccer, basketball, handball, fitness training, and Chinese kung-fu. Females preferred volleyball, tennis, badminton, games, and creative dance. More than 75% of the respondents to the survey expressed that curriculum should be designed by a collaboration between the student and the teacher, and a majority of the respondents believed that student opinions should be taken into account when designing the curriculum. Approximately 40% of the total students approved of at least one aspect of the current curriculum, but older students were increasingly dissatisfied with the current curriculum.
The authors of this article cite a number of sources that state the basics of constructivist learning theories: teachers and administrators are usually responsible for designing school curriculum, limitations on resources and allocation often prevent teachers…