A comparative study of physical education curriculum in Iranian high schools with selected countries (USA, Germany, Australia, Japan) Hanieh Hashemi, Seyedeh Khatibi, Amin Hojabrnia, Zahra Alam, Shahram Comparative study Curriculum Physical education High School The purpose of this study was to compare the physical education curriculum of Iranian high schools with some selected countries. The study adopted comparative research design, one of the qualitative methods. The countries of comparison were Japan, USA, Germany and Australia, which were selected via purposive sampling method. The data were collected from libraries, dissertations, databases, educational sites, books and publications. In the data analysis process, upon describing, interpreting and classifying the information, the curricula were compared and contrasted. The results showed that the most important goals of physical education course included promoting health, growth and development of motor skills, creating an active lifestyle. The most important contents of the physical education course were individual and social skills training, knowledge topics and sports training. Also, physical fitness tests, sports skills tests, written and oral tests and research projects were the most common evaluation methods. The sports equipment of the selected countries was standard and differed from that of Iran in terms of the number and the quality. 2021-09-03T08:31:19Z 2021-09-03T08:31:19Z 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Seyedeh Hanieh Hashemi,Amin Khatibi,Zahra Hojabrnia,Shahram Alam(2021). A comparative study of physical education curriculum in Iranian high schools with selected countries (USA, Germany, Australia, Japan). Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers,Vol. 12(3). 10–20. [DOI: 10.47750/jett.2021.12.03.002] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/70081 10.47750/jett.2021.12.03.002 spa http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España Universidad de Granada