Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the attitudes of secondary school students who participate in physical education and sports course and those who do not participate in these courses with their attitudes towards physical education and sports and sportsmanship behaviour and to determine students’ views about this new practice. There are two separate researches in this study. In the first research, 78 students, who participated in supporting and training courses of physical education were selected as the experimental group. 71 students, as control group, were selected from the students who did not attend these physical education and sport courses. Physical Education and Sport Attitude Scale and Sportspersonship Behaviour Scale in Physical Education Course were applied to students at the beginning and end of the term. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test and paired sample t-tests were used in data analysis. In the second study two focus group interviews were conducted with 8 students and their opinions were asked about the support and training courses of physical education and sports .According to the results, there was a significant increase in the post-test scores of the students in attending and training courses towards physical education and sports and sportsmanship behaviours. When the qualita-tive data in study two is analysed, five dimensions have emerged: achievements, the one led to the course, the reason for participating in the course, problems and suggestions. As a result of these two researches, it was determined that support and training courses of physical education and sports were effective for physical education and sports attitude and sports-manship behaviour of students. In addition, this new practice of support and training course has been found to have many benefits for the student and some problems and suggestions have been put forward by students.

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