Physical education in Palestinian public schools under occupation

Abstract

Physical education in Palestine is the almost perfect place for the Palestinian students to unload their energies, satisfy their desires and practice their hobbies, affecting the motor, social, psychological, intelligence, and health conduct of students and their ability to make decisions, feel themselves and belong to the community in which they are located according to certain education guidelines, which can be explicit or hidden.The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the goals of the pedagogical approach within the Palestinian resolution by decree No. (8) Of 6/4/2017; followed by Palestinian public schools and the motor tasks that have been practiced in Physical education sessions.We collected 2,213 motor tasks performed by Palestinian public school students for grades five to 12 during 300 physical sessions with 540,000 seconds for the school year 2018/2019. From the perspective of motor praxeology, we described and analyzed internal logic or body techniques give rise to it, the external logic or the pedagogical and social use given to them, and the links between both logics. In addition, we adopted the ethno-motricity method concerning time, space, relationships, and materials.The results show that Palestinian schools follow a pedagogical approach in the education Law in certain aspects to develop students to be good citizens, maintain social relations, to be educated to be committed to their religion, to be healthy, to maintain public property, use materials when necessary, and to be careful of security and safety, whether with themselves or with their community, and neglected the interest to have money, jobs, and social intelligence, motor intelligence, prediction, decision-making, and competition for success. Because it was affected by the Palestinian society and the difference between traditional life and modern life due to the impact of the occupation on the components of society.