An Investigation On The Use Of Sport And Health Textbook For Middle School Under The New Curriculum

Textbook is important in basic education. And in the new round of education reform, the influence of textbook to the overall quality of education is attached with greater importance. As such, it is meaningful for the development and improvement of textbooks to conduct a research into the use of textbooks under the circumstances of new courses reform.This paper, based on plenty of books and documents which concern the composing and assessment of textbooks, conducts a comprehensive research into the concept of textbook and status quo of their use.5version of textbooks for physical education and health were chosen. This paper analyses the features of the five versions of textbooks in terms of their instructive thoughts, text structure, methods of presentation and style. In the meantime, this paper studies the status quo of the use of textbooks through handing out questionnaire to over1,000students and120teachers in regions of Anhui, Hebei, Shandong, Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Shanxi.The finding of the investigation are as follows.1. The textbooks, each having its own features, all meet the requirements of standard courses. However there are differences in the text structures. The textbooks by Huadong Normal University, Renmin Education and Hebei Education are linery while that by Education and Science and Shanghai Education are screw style in structure.2. The importance attached to physical education and health by the teachers and students is insufficient and the use of textbooks are not ideal. However, teachers and students agree that textbook assists to command knowledge and skills in sports and serves as a guide for extracurricular physical exercises.3. Students benefit most from textbooks are a sense of physical exercises. Students also benefit from textbooks in an healthy outlook in physical education, knowledge in sanitation and health keeping, personal protection and a sense of collectiveness.4. Teachers are of the view that textbooks helps to enhance the quality of teachers, but their effect on transforming teaching concept and methods of teachers, forming characterized physical education is fair.The suggestions based on the above conclusions are:students may use the textbooks as an guide for note taking and self-assessment. Teachers should constantly improve their qualifications for teaching and guide students to study the content of textbooks in a flexible manner. The composer of textbooks should conduct investigations in schools and provide training to students on the use of textbooks.