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- ItemThe effect of teachers' attitude towards the teaching of physical education in magada subcounty Namutumba district(Kampala International University, College of Education Open and Distance Learning, 2017-09) Waduma, MosesThis study was carried out to analyze the effect of teacher's attitude towards the teaching of physical education in Magada sub county Namutumba district. It was guided by the following objectives namely; To find out the importance of P.E to the growth and development of a child. To find out the challenges facing the quality of P.E in Magada sub-county Namutumba district. To find out ways through which P.E performance can be improved and encouraged in Magada sub-county Namutumba district. The study employed both simple random and stratified sampling techniques to get 132 sample respondents a representation of 5 schools. Interviews guide, observation check list and questionnaire were used to collect data. This study also employed survey design to critically examine the effect of teachers' attitude towards the teaching of P.E in Magada sub county Namutumba district. The study found out that in the schools visited the ineffectiveness of and poor performance of P.E is largely due to the teachers' negative attitude towards the teaching of the subject. It was conciuded that the ineffectiveness and poor performance of P.E is not only due to negative attitude of teachers but also due to other factors like lack of inspection but the head teachers, inadequate facilitates and others. Also there is total lack of P.E specialists to teach the P.E and teachers are not motivated by any incentives like allowances. Finally a number of recommendations were made such as; aiming at encouraging learners to do physical activities at their own level and encouraging them to like subject by their teacher.