Vol: 1, Issue: 1 2011

Page: 019-026

Attitudes Toward Physical Education and Sports of Secondary School Students of Delhi

Arvind Kumar, Sahajad Singh

The aim of this study was to investigate attitudes toward physical education and sports of secondary school students related to gender and age. The participants were 302 female (Mage = 13.11 ± 0.79) and 332 male (Mage = 13.14 ± 0.69) students from secondary school education aged12 to 14. A total of 634 students voluntarily participated in this study. The Attitudes towards Physical Education Scale (ATPES) was applied. ANOVA was used to determine differences in attitude toward PE and between girls and boys. In order to test differences in PE class preferences of students with regard to school context and gender, chi square analysis was conducted. Men scores of ATPES for secondary school were determined 3.95 point, 4.01point, respectively. Generally, of secondary school students (%66.6) preferred coed physical education class preferred single-sex physical education class. This research verifies that attitudes towards physical education and PE class preferences change according to gender and age.