The Effectiveness of the Physical Education Lesson in the Sense of Happiness and Their Reflection in Reducing School Pressures for the Primary Stage from the Teachers' Perspective

Abstract

The physical education lesson, which represents the smallest educational unit in the school curriculum, directly contributes to providing learners with the ability to experience the activity, understand and modify their behavior, as the primary  stage is an important stage in the lives of students. The research problem, where the researcher, being one of  the physical education teachers in  the primary  stage, noticed that there are  difficulties  or behavioral obstacles as a result of the school pressures placed on the students, including sitting for a long time during the learning process in the classroom. The research aimed  to identify the effectiveness of the physical education lesson in terms of the feeling of happiness and their reflection in alleviating school stress among primary school students. The researcher used the descriptive method of survey studies as it is an appropriate method and the nature of the research problem, while the research sample that was selected by the stratified random method relying on the information and data of the research community, represented by (physical education teachers) reached (322 teachers, 321 female teachers) out of a number of (643) like the total population, distributed on (Al-Hashemiya district, Al-Madhatiya district, Al-Shomali district). The most important conclusions: With regard to school pressure, the results indicate that it was high among primary school students. The most important recommendations are: raising awareness of the family, school and community about the phenomenon of violence and the need to address it, and reducing school pressures  on  students  in the school environment and the family as well through parent councils and school media.