The Research On Contract Learning Using In Physical Education For The Students Of Secondary School

New methods of learning in Physical Education are advocated by the latest round of PE curriculum and teaching reform of, such as independent learning, cooperative learning and exploratory learning. PE teachers can combine and penetrate the three methods mentioned above to form a new way of teaching in accordance with the characteristics of the students and the specific teaching situation and condition, such as experience learning, discovery learning and contract learning. This can give full play to the teachers and students' initiatives in PE. By penetrating and combining, teachers can form a real teaching and learning community with their students, and then create a more harmonious and democratic teaching and learning environment which is helpful for the all-round development of every student.The author firstly does a summary study of contract learning, including the related concepts and the current situation of applying it in teaching field, based on reading books and journals related to it. Secondly, the author carries out a survey on the learning and living habits of certain group of students and the current exercising situations, which involves 201 parents of primary and secondary students and then analyzed the feasibility and necessity of applying contract learning into primary and secondary Physical Education. Thirdly, based on the survey, a learning and extra-activity exercising contract is prepared, which is designed by the author to help the students cultivate efficient learning and exercising habit. 83 students from 3 classes of a junior high school was chosen to experiment the learning contract, so as to test the effectiveness of learning contract in PE.The following conclusions are drawn based on the survey and experimental study:1. The learning, living and exercising habits of school students need to be improved, and so do their initiative to take part in physical exercises. School children are encouraged by their parents intensively to join the exercises but their parents couldn't actually take them to do the exercises which reduce the meaning of this support. The general level of physical condition of school children, to be exact, their endurance and strength are not satisfying, and this definitely needs to be improved.2. The advantages of contract learning include: it can help the students correct their learning habit and facilitate them to join into PE class and extra curriculum exercises; it can also meet the needs of improving the students' physical condition, and it is feasible and necessary to carry out contract learning in PE classes and extra curriculum exercises.3. Contract learning applied in PE class can help to improve the physical ability of junior high school students continuously, promoting the enthusiasm of joining into sports, facilitating them to learn and master sports skills and improving their cognitive ability in the physical education. The learning and exercising effects of the students in group contract learning are better than that of the students in self-contract learning.4. Contract learning applied in PE class can straighten the body shape of the junior high students effectively and it is helpful for them to grow up normally and control the growth of their weight, reducing the probability of obesity.5. Contract learning applied in PE class can help the junior high students to improve their ability of self-guide learning and their self-control in physical exercises. It plays a key role for the students to cultivate the habit of lifelong physical exercise.6. Contract learning applied in PE class creates the teacher and students a better atmosphere for sports learning and extracurricular physical exercise through exchanging the role of teacher and students in interactive communication. It can also develop the relationship of mutual respect and the friendship between teacher and students, so that to help the teacher and students form a new pattern of Physical Education.