This study‘s aim is to raise awareness of the importance of physical education classes in school, to enhance their quality by analyzing the satisfaction of middle school physical education students in Deajeon, and to produce fundamental materials fo...
This study‘s aim is to raise awareness of the importance of physical education classes in school, to enhance their quality by analyzing the satisfaction of middle school physical education students in Deajeon, and to produce fundamental materials for the development of physical education classes by studying trends and ways to improve lessons.
For this reason, satisfaction about classes was investigated at some of the middle schools in Daejeon. Four factors were investigated: the class environment, the contents of lessons, the effectiveness of both the class and the physical education teacher. The study reached the following conclusion.
First, about the environment of classes: The condition of students' health made no difference in their satisfaction with the environment of the classes, but there was a difference related to gender. Male students had greater satisfaction in the environment of physical education classes than famale students. As the result of dispersion analysis, it was also found that there was a difference in satisfaction between first graders and second graders. The first graders showed higher satisfaction compare to the second graders.
Second, about satisfaction with the contents of the lessons: Students tend to be satisfied with them for the most part. This is true, regardless of their health, sex or grades.
Third, about the satisfaction with the effectiveness of physical education classes: In the comparison of a group of very healthy students with a group of weak students, it was found that the group of very healthy students had higher satisfaction. Other health-based comparisons of groups did not show any distinctions. There was also a distinction between male and female students: male students showed higher satisfaction than female students. The study also showed a difference among different grades. 1st and 3rd graders showed a distinction compared to 2nd graders, and 1st graders' satisfaction was higher than that of 3rd grades.
Fourth, about the satisfaction in physical education teachers: Although there were differences in the health of the teachers, there were only two dissatisfied respondents, so it would be fine to consider this as no difference. In regard to gender, male students showed higher satisfaction than female students. Finally, there was no difference in satisfaction between any of the grades.
In conclusion, the satisfaction of male students is generally higher than that of female students. The satisfaction of healthy students is higher in all categories: class environment, lesson content, class effectiveness and teacher effectiveness. Physiologically healthy male students' satisfaction is higher than that of female students. And when comparing students by age, the first graders are relatively higher. This is because middle school teachers, with their professional knowledge gained in their major, are better qualified to teach compared to elementary school teachers. This leads to elevating the quality of classes.