مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - ATTITUDES OF PARENTS TOWARDS PARTICIPATION OF THEIR CHILDREN IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES

Abstract :

The objective of this study is to determine the expectations and attitudes of parents of students in the 6th, 7th and 8th grades in primary school towards participation of their children in physical education classes and to display, in a comparative way, whether these attitudes vary according to the independent variables obtained through personal information of students and parents. Positive attitudes of parents towards participation of their children in physical education class is of significant importance in providing children with the habit of doing sports and passing on the sports culture to new generations. Parents of 955 students attending to the schools affiliated to the Provincial Directorate of National Education in Mersin Province participated in the study voluntarily. “Attitude Scale”, concerning the attitudes of parents towards participation of their children in physical education classes was used in the study as the data-collection tool. It has been observed in the outcome of the study that attitudes of parents towards participation of their children in physical education classes vary depending on the grade of their children, sex of the teacher of physical education class of their children, children’s state of doing sports/playing in the school teams, parents’ state of doing sports and frequency of watching TV programs concerning sports.