Physical Education and Its Scope: A Literature Review of Empirical Studies with A Holistic Perspective Teaching Practices in Indonesia

Abstract

Study purpose. Physical Education (PE) is a part of sports education that places body movement as the main principle of learning whose outcomes include cognitive, motoric, affective, and social. Extensive research has been conducted to find the ideal PE teaching concept. The literature review aimed to gather information about existing studies in Indonesia in an effort to achieve PE learning objectives.

Materials and methods. A systematic review was conducted using PRISMA guidelines related to PE teaching outcomes using the Scopus database. The article strategy for systematic review used a combination of title, abstract, and keywords with the criteria‘learning outcome’AND (‘physical education’OR ‘sport education’ OR ‘physical activity’). The systematic review only analysed articles that met the exclusion criteria and inclusion criteria as a result of screening the articles obtained 31 articles that were processed for systematic review.

Results. The results of the literature review show that studies conducted by researchers still focus on improving physical learning, cognitive learning, and affective learning but does not include social learning. The approach used has not fully utilised the game approach so not in line with the philosophy of PE.

Conclusion. Quite a lot of research has been conducted in an effort to achieve the learning objectives of PE but it is still limited, therefore, it is recommended that further research focuses on finding PE learning that is able to cover the overall learning outcomes of PE legitimized by using a game approach.