Abstract
INVESTIGATION OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS PHYSICAL EDUCATION LESSON AND THEIR FAIR PLAY ATTITUDES
The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the attitudes of secondary school students towards physical education lessons and their fair play attitudes. The research which was designed as a casual comparison study was conducted with 392 (204 female and 188 male) secondary school students in 2021 2022 academic year in Gaziantep province. As data collection tools, “Attitude Inventory Toward Physical Education Lesson” which was adapted in Turkish by Varol, Ünlü, Erbaş, Sünbül (2016), and “Fair Play Attitude In Physical Education Lesson Inventory” which was developed by Koç (2013) were used. According to the findings of the study; while gender, grade, age and doing sports variables didn’t predict significantly secondary school students’ attitudes towards Physical Education lesson, gender and grade variables predicted significantly Acting in Appropriate Manner and Abstention from Inappropriate Manner subscales of Fair Play Attitude in Physical Education Lesson Inventory. Also, it was found out that there was no statistically significant relationship between students' attitudes towards physical education lesson and fair play attitudes in terms of gender, grade, doing sports and age variables. As a result, it is observed that as the attitudes of the students towards the physical education lesson increased, their sportsmanship behaviours also increased. Based on this result, it is suggested that students' interest in the lesson can be increased by diversifying the activities in physical education classes.
Keywords
Physical education, attitude, fair play.