Effect of Reappraisal of Health and Physical Education Curriculum Content Delivery In Senior Secondary Schools In Onitsha Education Zone Of Anambra State

Abstract

This paper examines the effects of reappraisal of Health and Physical Education curriculum content delivery in senior secondary schools in Onitsha Education zone of Anambra State, Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted. A population of 150 health and physical education teachers was used from thirty-two secondary schools in Onitsha Education zone. Four research questions guided the study. Questionnaire containing twenty-eight items, were used to elicit information from the respondents. Spearmen correlation coefficient was used to establish reliability coefficient of 0.78 using split half method from 50 teachers in Awka Education zone of Anambra State. Data collected was analyzed using mean. Finding revealed that reappraisal of health and physical education curriculum content will result to many positive changes in many sectors of the economy especially as it concerns improvement in the course of study as well as economic stability and crime re-education in Nigeria. It was recommended among others that secondary school health and physical education teachers in Onitsha Education zone should teach the subject with varying skills, adopt modern methods and relate it to daily life activities. Also the government should help in the reappraisal of health and physical education curriculum content as to bring a drop in the high rate of insecurity and banditry in the Nation among other.