Investigation of Secondary School Students ‘Attitudes Towards Physical Education and Sports Course

Authors : Aykut Kaya, Murat Çelebi

Pages : 167-178

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Publication Date : 2020-11-21

Article Type : Research

Abstract :This study was performed to observe the opinions and attitudes of the students studying at the second level of primary education towards physical education and sports lesson. The population of the research consists of students who study at the second level of primary education institutions, sample n (female) = 228] students. In the study; "Physical Education and Sports Attitude Scale” (PESTÖ) and "Demographic Information Form" has been used. For descriptive statistics, the percentage and frequency distributions, the arithmetic mean, standard deviation analyzes were applied, the differences between the two groups were analyzed with the T test, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used for the differences between the groups. In the study, it was revealed that male students' attitudes to physical education and sports lessons were higher than female students for the gender. When the age variable was examined, it was seen that there was a significant difference between the ages of 10 and 15. When students' classes were analyzed, a significant difference was reached in 5th and 8th grade students.
Keywords : Middle School, Physical Education and Sports, Attitude