A comparison of the physical educational teacher preparation programs of the University of Baghdad ???Iraq and selected colleges and universities in the United States.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 48-51)The purpose of this study was to compare the undergraduate physical education teacher preparation program of the University of Baghdad with those of five selected colleges and universities in the United States, and offer recommendations for revision at the University of Baghdad where appropriate. Based on the findings of the comparison of the teacher preparation programs of the University of Baghdad and the five selected American universities and colleges, the following recommendations were made:(1) The unit requirement for physical education should be reduced from two-thirds to not more than one-half of the total unit requirement for graduation at the University of Baghdad.(2) In the physical education program, less emphasis should be placed on participation in sports and more emphasis placed on methods in order to improve the competency of the students in the sports taught at the University of Baghdad perhaps a system of skills testing, like that done in some institutions in the United States could be used. (3) The student teaching assignments of the University of Baghdad should be designed so the student teacher is responsible for the assigned class and is evaluated by the Master teacher.(4) Opportunity should be provided for the physical education major at the University of Baghdad to experience elective classes in physical education and in other areas of the college program.(5) The men's and women???s physical education programs should be combined so those classes which could be co-educational are taught as such