PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION AND DIGITAL LITERACY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Abstract

The study investigated physical and health education and digital literacy in the 21st century.Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study.The survey research design was utilized,the population of the study comprised of (320) three hundred and twenty secondary school teachers in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area, Cross River State. The sample size was made up of sixty four (64) respondents which represent (20%) of the population.The method adopted in selecting the sample size was the simple random sampling technique.The main instrument used for data collection was structured questionnaire title "Physical and Human Education Digital Literacy Questionnaire"(PHEDLQ) The instrument was face validated by two experts in Human Kinetics and Sports Science and one other from Department of Measurement and Evaluation Unit, University of Calabar.The reliability of instrument was established using splint - half method and PR which yielded a correlation coefficient of 0.82.Data collected were analysis at .05 level of significance. Finding revealed that technological integration and teachers digital competence have significant relationship with physical and health education teachers in secondary schools in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area, Based on the findings,it was recommended amongst others that regular, comprehensive training program on digital tools and pedagogical integration strategies should be mandatory for physical and health education teachers.