Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigation the opinions of science high school students about physical education and sports lesson. The research is designed with an exploratory sequential pattern from mixed research approaches. The research was carried out in two Science High Schools in Kırıkkale province during the fall semester of 2017-2018 academic years. The study was conducted on three groups [first study group: 245 (141 females; 104 males); second study group: 24 (14 females; 10 males); third study group: 8 (7 female; 1 male)]. Quantitative data were obtained through the "Personal Information Form" prepared by the researcher and the "Physical Education Attitude Scale for Secondary School Students" developed by Güllü and Güçlü (2009). Qualitative data were collected by using the drawing-writing form and semi-structured interview form. Descriptive statistics, independent group t-test, one-way analysis of variance and Pearson correlation analysis were used to analyze the quantitative data. In the analysis of qualitative data, content analysis was utilized. According to the findings, it was found that the attitudes of science high school students towards physical education lesson were at a moderate level and male students had a more positive attitude than female students. There was no difference between academic achievement and class level.
Highlights
Education provides individuals with the skills they will need for life
After determining the attitudes of science high school students towards physical education lesson, mixed model approach is used in this research, in which the participants reflected their opinions on the physical education lesson and presented their opinions about what kind of physical education lesson they want with the reasons and these reasons were examined in detail by interview
The results between the gender, class level, academic grade point average and sport making variables and mean scores obtained from the scale are given to test the attitudes of science high school students towards physical education lesson
Summary
Education provides individuals with the skills they will need for life. The individual obtains these skills through different educational systems. Physical education is a concept in the education system and complementary to education. It contributes too many areas of development individual, including physical, social, psychological/spiritual, emotional and cognitive. Studies show that physical education has an important role in personality development (Özkara, 2018; Yılmaz, 2018a; Yılmaz & Cihan, 2018). Developing a positive attitude towards physical education offers the opportunity to benefit from its effects to the individual's development
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