| Summary: | The purposes of this study were to examine (a) what views Year 2 hold about
physical activity, (b) how they perceive their own ability, and how much
effort they give, with regard to physical activity, and (c) how they explain the
importance of being physically active. In addition, a physical education (PE)
intervention was put in place to see if it would change the children's
perceptions, choices and knowledge in regard to physical activity. Two
groups of four Year 2 children from a private city school took part in
individual and group interviews before and after the teaching intervention.
Results indicated that the children viewed physical activity, PE and physical
fitness, positively. The children in this study held high self-perceptions of
their ability to do physical activity and sport and attributed their abilities to
previous physical experiences and effort. Before the teaching intervention the
children's knowledge of concepts of health related physical activity were
vague and incomplete. Following the eight-week intervention the children in
this group were able to answer the knowledge questions accurately and in
detail.
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