A Study of the Condition of Physical Education Lessons in Guidance Schools and High Schools of Yazd Province, IRAN

The purpose of this study was to consider the condition of physical education course in Yazd province, Iran. Participants include physical education teachers, physical education experts of the Ministry of Education, and male or female administrators of guidance schools and high schools in Yazd province. The number of participants (n = 333) was assessed using the Gergesay-Morgan Table. Four questionnaires and an assessment inventory were used to evaluate personal characteristics and attitudes of participants toward different aspects of context in which physical education lessons occurred. After the validity and reliability of questionnaires were insured by experts (Cronbach's alpha 0.71-0.90), SPSS software was used to analyze data. Statistical test were Man- Witney U, Kruskal _ Wallis, One _ sample T test and Spearman correlation coefficient. The results indicate that subjects believe increasing the time specified to each person in physical education and students with physical education textbooks are priorities fro promoting the level of physical education in schools. There was a significant difference between attitudes of male and female physical education teachers and also between that of teachers of guidance schools and high schools (P>0.05). The difference between outdoor areas specified to physical education in guidance schools and high schools in the Yazd province and that of the country was significant (P>0.05). Generally, the volume of space for physical activity in Yazd proving in better than that of the country (2 m2 outdoor space and 0.056 m2 indoor space for each student).