本文將學校體育教學研究作一番回顧，並展望廿一世紀的研究趨勢。學校體育教學之研究範疇與教育息息相關，其研究對象以體育教學及活動為主，又受到體育界次領域形成的影響，新發展成的運動教育學領域，與學校體育教學密不可分。在台灣地區，從非研究主流的角色開始，學校體育教學研究已在穩定發展中，尤其整體社會環境的眾多有利因素，包括體育相關系所的設立及鼓勵教師進修制度，使得體育教學研究逐漸蓬勃起來。分析本領域研究主題與研究方法之趨勢，研究主題以追求教學品質之有效及迪性為主，有關基礎科學的探討、教學型態、課程模式發展、價值取向及架構，以及不同師資培育方式及教師成長階段之比較與探討，都是重要的方向。研究方法則尋求多樣化，以觀察法、質性研究與行動研究為重要方式。針對廿一世紀多元而快速改變的社會現象，體育教學研究的方向以更多元的方法及解決現場問題導向的主題為主流，其方向的受體育界與教育界及其互動的影響，並將發展出更具本土特色的研究。

　　This article was a review on research on teaching in physical education and a prospect of the 21st century. The area contacts with education and focused on instruction and activity in P.E. classes, and also influenced by the field of P.E. and Sports. It is closed to the new area of sport pedagogy. In Taiwan, the area was starting from non-mainstream role into firm development. Now, because of the most benefit factors in the whole society, including setting more institutes related with P.E. and policy of continuing education for teachers. This area grows up gradually. The prospect was analyses by topics and methods. The future topics will be considering of teaching quality of effectiveness and properly, including teaching sciences, teaching styles, curriculum models, values and structures, and discuss about different policy of teacher education and different stages of teachers' professional growth. The future methods will focus on observation, qualitative methods, action research and variously methods adoption. In this rapidly changing century, research on teaching in P.E. will be problem solving and vary oriented. And still, hopefully, it will develop a local research style of P.E.