Stavovi učenika osnovne škole prema fizičkom vaspitanju - uzrasne i polne specifičnosti

Duško Lepir,Željko Sekulić,Aleksandar Pajkić

doi:10.5937/fizkul74-30164

Abstract

The primary goal of this paper was to examine the attitudes of primary school students towards different aspects of physical education, with special emphasis on the specifics of age and gender categories. Also, the emotional relation towards physical education was examined through its ranking on the list of favorite subjects, and it was brought in connection with attitudes. The sample consisted of 6627 students (boys 3341 - 50.4%; girls 3286 - 49.6%) of primary schools in the city of Banja Luka (Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina), of which 2201 elementary school students and 4426 middle school students. Using t-tests, it was found that elementary school students in relation to the middle school students show statistically significantly higher values for the general attitude towards physical education. A comprehensive approach to the analysis of 15 separate items showed that the former express significantly higher values for most items. Girls and boys do not differ in terms of a general attitude towards physical education. Elementary school students ranked physical education better than other subjects, while girls of both age categories ranked physical education somewhat worse than boys. Better attitudes and ranking by younger students indicate the priority of this phase of life for physical education and the need to raise quality in working with this age. Declining values at an older age (middle school) require more proactive teacher action with an emphasis on the implementation of interesting content. The lack of differences between the attitudes of girls and boys calls for a renunciation of the traditional assumption that only boys have a benevolent attitude towards physical education. This implies greater support for girls and their stronger involvement in all organizational forms of physical education (sports sections, school competitions).

Highlights

The connection between adult people’s regular physical activity and their better health status, which can be seen in a lower rate of chronic diseases and lower risk of premature death, has been confirmed long ago (Bauman, 2004; U.S Department of Health and Human Services, 1996)
The main question of this research is related to the differences between elementary and middle school students’ general attitudes toward physical education
It is established that elementary school students (M = 2.671; SD = 0.273), as well as middle school students (M = 2.538; SD = 0.381) have relatively high positive scores for general attitude toward physical education

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Introduction

The significance that childhood and adolescence have in laying the basis for a long and healthy life, raises the question of a more efficient approach in planning the achievement of these goals. Unlike organized recreational activities outside the class, physical education classes integrate all children through regular physical activity (two hours a week, three hours a week, or even everyday activities). It is a unique opportunity to achieve the aforementioned health norms and adopt positive attitudes toward physical activity. Physical education can and should serve as a medium that would influence students’ attitudes toward physical activity and health since it has the potential to reach every single child (McKenzie, 2003)

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