Betrokkenheid as 'n bepaler van houding jeens liggaamlike opvoeding

[摘要] This study was conducted to determine people's attitude towards Physical Education inschools. Different opinions regarding Physical Education were surveyed, using the followingcontrol groups: people involved and not involved in Physical Education; olderand younger people. Interaction between the four groups was observed.A questionnaire applicable to national service men, students, Physical Education students,Physical Education lecturers, Biokinetics trainees and people not at all involvedin Physical Education or training was compiled. Of the 1 800 questionnaires distributed691 were returned. The attitudes of respondents were predominantly positive.The knowledgeability of Physical Education teachers received the highest positive responsebut their liaison with parents and their diligence evoked the least positive response.All the respondents nominated fitness as the most important aim of Physical Education.Knowledge and insight were also very highly assessed, while clarity and profundity evokedless favourable reaction. It seems that too little scientific background is provided for thepractical activities in Physical Education. When accidentally mentioned during explanationsof practical activities, the scientific theories are seldom evaluated or tested, which results inpupils believing that the scientific knowledge behind practical activities is unnecessary.Information in the Physical Education syllabus strengthens the idea that respondentsbelieve that there are shortcomings in the content of the subject because the syllabuswas voted achievable but not wonderful (perfect, exciting or all inclusive).The response on questions dealing with attitudes towards Physical Education was, with theexception of one control person, always more positive from people involved in PhysicalEducation and in fifty per cent of the questions the differences were significant.On the question whether physical activity was important, the response from respondentsnot involved in Physical Education was more positive than the response fromrespondents involved in Physical Education. This phenomenon gives credence to thestatement that people's actions often do not correlate with their attitudes.Based on the above, one can assume that a person with a positive attitude would notnecessarily act in the best interest (positively) of Physical Education, which would, ifthis could be said of people in key positions in Physical Education, be a reason for theexisting desperate situation of Physical Education in schools.

[发布机构] North-West University