Naslov
Differences in attitudes of male and female pupils towards the subject of physical education with respect to age

Autori
Vidaković Samaržija, Donata ; Pavelić Karamatić, Lara

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
9 th International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology, 2021, Opatija, Croatia, September 15– 19, 2021 / Šalaj, S. ; Škegro, D. - Zagreb, 2021, 471-474

ISBN
9789533170657

Skup
9th International Scientific Conference on Kinesiology

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 15.09.2021. - 19.09.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
attitudes ; age ; gender ; subject of Physical Education

Sažetak
Attitudes are often the subject of researches in the field of kinesiology education, and are conducted with the aim of better understanding, explaining, and predicting pupils’ behaviour and approach to teaching. The aim of this research is to evaluate pupils’ attitudes towards the subject of Physical Education (P.E.), and to identify differences in attitudes towards the subject with respect to age. The research was conducted on the sample of 292 pupils (143 fourth- grade pupils and 149 eighth-grade pupils) in primary school. Attitudes towards P.E. were evaluated on the basis of eleven items exploring the characteristics of the subject: interest, difficultness, comprehensibility, usefulness, and popularity (Rastovski, Šumanović, and Tomac, 2013). The basic descriptive parameters were calculated, and the Man-Whitney U test was used to determine differences in attitudes of the 4th and 8th grade pupils towards the subject of P.E. with respect to age.On the sample of pupils, statistically significant differences were obtained in only one variable (4th grade pupils have significantly higher scores in the variable P.E. is my favourite subject than the 8th grade pupils), while on the sample of female pupils, the significant difference was obtained in 10 of 11 variables (female 4th grade pupils find P.E. more interesting, comprehensible, useful and popular than the 8th grade female pupils). To conclude, the age is one of the factors influencing attitudes towards the subject of P.E., but the assumption is that gender has a greater influence on the significance of differences in attitudes towards P.E.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kineziologija

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