Research And Analysis Of The Current Implementation Of The Gymnastics Education In Fushun

Gymnastics is a key component of the P.E. class in junior high schools. Gymnastictrainings develop students’ abilities of walking, running, jumping, climbing, and hurdlingcomprehensively. They also enhance the morphological and functional developments of organsystems, and consequently beautify the stance, shape and strengthen the body.This thesis aims to find out what influences the implementation of gymnastic classes injunior high schools in Fushun and what problems exist during the process, and to providecorresponding solutions and advices for improvements, in order to achieve better gymnasticeducation in Fushun junior highs schools. Ten junior high schools are randomly selectedamong Xin Fu District, Shun Cheng District, Wang Hua District, and Dong Zhou District inFushun as study subjects. Methods applied include questionnaires, statistic studies, referencesto previous studies, and interviews with experts, and so on.Based on the study of current implementation of gymnastic classes in Fushun junior highschools, conclusions are generated as below:1. Gymnastics is one of the most important components of the gymnastic education,which, as stated in the gymnastics education conspectus, including techniques, vaultclassification, bar, and parallel bars. Among the ten schools, six teach techniques, and four ofthese six schools teach vault classification. However, none of them teach bar or parallel bars,which indicates that the implementation is incomplete in junior high schools.2. Six out of the ten study subjects offer insufficient court and equipments for gymnasticeducation, some of which are even unqualified for education purpose, largely hindering theimplementation of gymnastic education.3. Due to the existing potential risks of the gymnastic education, accidents may happenduring the mentoring process. Therefore, concerns regarding to injuries arise among teachersand leaders in some schools, which limits the implementation of gymnastic education.4. Of all the gymnastic teachers among the ten schools, eighty-three have Bachelor’s orabove degrees,63%are at the age between31and40, which is a proper age structure. And forthe83teachers,71are male,12are female, indicating a serious gender imbalance. Only threeof them are exclusive to the gym class, which is largely against the gym education. 5. Insufficient understanding of the value of gym classes and difficulty inimplementation of certain gymnastic activities result in the lack of interest in gymnasticsamong students, and negatively affect the gymnastic education.