Abstract
The study aimed to determine problems encountered by Religious Vocational Secondary School and other Secondary School students in physical education and sports and to compare these problems according to school type and gender. A questionnaire named Problems encountered in attending to physical education and sports activities developed by the researchers was applied. A Religious Vocational Secondary School selected with random method in Sakarya Province and a Secondary School selected from other Secondary Schools was determined for the research. Questionnaire form was applied to 400 volunteer students in total. Frequency analysis and Chi-square analysis were used. It was found out that male students encountered with more problems than female students regarding their school lives, organizations and institutions and families. Moreover, problems regarding school lives in Religious Vocational Secondary School and other Secondary School students had similarities; however, problems regarding organizations and institutions as well as families were experienced more frequently in other Secondary Students than Religious Vocational Secondary School students. In conclusion, male students and other Secondary School students experience problems in every field and they express these problems more frequently as they attend physical education and sports more than female students and Religious Vocational Secondary School s tudents do.
Highlights
There have been many definitions regarding physical education and sports within the process of sports studies
We have included some of them in our research; because this research focuses on determining problems encountered in physical education and sports activities
The following definitions, views and texts are important for clearing up our research
Summary
There have been many definitions regarding physical education and sports within the process of sports studies. We have included some of them in our research; because this research focuses on determining problems encountered in physical education and sports activities. The following definitions, views and texts are important for clearing up our research. Physical education is enabling physical, mental and intellectual development of an individual in accordance with the basic principles of National Education. Gymnastic and sports activities, all of them, are the reflections of an individual being robust physically, being awake intellectually and being healthy mentally [1]. Physical education is a general concept including all educational physical activities such as games, gymnastic and sports and it is a training which is performed within physical activities and through physical activities [2]
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