Investigation of high school male and female students‘ attitudes towards Physical Education and Sports course

Aim: The investigation has been made in order to define high school male and female students’ attitudes towards physical education and sports course.Material and Methods: The Research is in research screening model. The population of the study is consisted of Burdur province and high schools located...

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Main Authors: Kadir PEPE, Rabia ÖZKURT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Balikesir University 2016-09-01
Series:Uluslararası Spor, Egzersiz ve Antrenman Bilimi Dergisi
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/useeabd/issue/24173/256422?publisher=useeabd
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Summary:Aim: The investigation has been made in order to define high school male and female students’ attitudes towards physical education and sports course.Material and Methods: The Research is in research screening model. The population of the study is consisted of Burdur province and high schools located in the selected district and the sample group consists of students studying at the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th grade in these schools. The data have been obtained from the written sources and by using survey methods. The attitude scale of physical education and sports classes for secondary school students developed by Güllü and Güçlü (2007) has been used. Questionnaires have been applied to the sample group by being consulted with one to one by sampling method. 950 individuals in total, 522 women and 428 men, have answered to the questionnaire.The data obtained have been transferred to a computer for statistical process and as statistical procedures, frequency (%) and Independent samples t- test, to determine the difference between variables, have been applied. In the detection of differences, reviews have been made by being adopting the significance level of 0.05 in compliance with the answer distributions given to each question and the averages.Results: According to the obtained data; according to the responses of the surveyed high school students studying in average, their attitudes are positive to physical education and sports lessons; it is seen that there is a significant relationship in the significance level of 0,05 in comparative statistical procedures (p <0.05) .Conclusion: As a result; we can say that students' attitudes towards physical education and sports classes participated in the survey are positive, but male students have more positive attitudes than female students.
ISSN:2149-8229
2149-8229