Analysis of Primary School Curricular Change from LOGSE to LOE in Physical Education

Educational changes are carried out with the objective to adapt the curriculum to current social and cultural needs. Teachers need to implement these educational changes into their classes, but they usually to encounter difficulties in the interpretation of the national curriculum. A content analysis comparing the frequencies of categories that appear in both past and present legislative documents is presented, following the original analysis made by Viciana, Salinas, and Cocca, (2007). A practical and understandable perspective of educational change by showing the new educational tendencies was provided. This led us to create five dimensions with 42 categories in which we detail the change occurring in each. Results show that there are substantial modifications in the content of both educational legislations, reflecting the social change from one to the other. This lets us guide all physical education teachers in the planning of their teaching at a Primary School level and prompt their critical thinking about these changes.