Research On The Present Situation And The Improvement Of The "One Hourly Exercise" In Yangjiang City High School

In2005, the Ministry of Education issued a document, which name is “advice onthe implementation of ensuring that the students have time for physical activityeveryday”,(advice for short) requiring schools to ensure students have an hour a dayfor exercise. Since the document published, primary and secondary schools haveanswered the call around the nation. They carry out rich and colorful an hour’sphysical activity, and achieve a lot. However, there are some problems in theimplementation. In this way, it is important to investigate the implementation ofstudents’ an hour’s physical activity, find out where goes wrong and put forwardsolutions. Documents, questionnaire survey, interviews, on-the-spot investigation,statistical analysis methods are used to study on the implementation of an hour’sphysical activity in four high schools located the city zone of YangJiang, GuangDong.Conclusions reached through the study.The results are as follows:1.In general, the implementation of an hour’s physical activity in high schoollocated the city zone of YangJiang, Guangdong Province is ineffective. Most ofstudents spend less than an hour exercising, which don’t meet the requirements of theState Educational Ministry.2.Some schools can’t schedule according to the physical and health curriculumstandard. Basketball, volleyball, table tennis, badminton, and shuttlecock are the mainteaching contents. With teacher for guide, students in a class learn together, which is abasically form of organization. There are lots of students in a class, which is adisadvantage for teaching.3.Almost all the schools demand students do morning exercises and exercisesduring the break, and the main content is broadcast gymnastics popularizing in thewhole country. There is no independent creation to be found. Exercise last for20-30minutes to ensure the continuity. On the whole, students are dissatisfied with theexercises. In addition, schools do no enough in class activity. There is no formation ofclass activity in some school, and they lack effective organization and properguidance.4.Ex-curricular sports mainly include badminton, basketball, table tennis andshuttlecock. The selectivity of the activity is so limited. But the ways of organizationare diversity. In addition, weekly times and each time duration in participatingactivities is woefully inadequate, which should be attached great importance to.5.The factors that influent the implementations of an hour’s physical activity arecomplex, including sports atmosphere, leaders’ concern, equipment, funding,schoolwork burden and students’ study pressure and so on.For the above, some suggestions are given. First, carry out “health first” directivethought, thoroughly, to promote the development of school physical education.Second, strengthen the inspection and supervision to improve work-efficiency. Third,strengthen the construction of educating staff. Forth, increase in funding, and be surethe special funds for special purposes. Fifth, intensity propaganda for school physical education, and create a good atmosphere. Finally, guide the students correctly andhelp them play the main.