Date of Award
1993
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Bachelor of Education Honours
School
School of Education
Faculty
Faculty of Education
First Supervisor
Dr Jennifer Browne
Abstract
This study investigated the attitudes of 175 lower secondary school students towards compulsory physical education and how these attitudes differed by year level and sex. The students were selected from a metropolitan government secondary school. A modified version of the Wear Attitude Inventory was used as the research instrument. A two-way ANOVA was applied to analyse the data for the following sub-groups: Year 8 females, Year 8 males, Year 9 females, Year 9 males, Year 10 females, and Year 10 males. The ANOVA compared the mean scores on the Wear Attitude Inventory for each sub-group. The results indicated that although both girls and boys held positive attitudes towards compulsory physical education, boys' attitudes were more positive than girls. Also, as the year level increased, attitudes towards compulsory physical education were less positive for both boys and girls collectively. However, the data revealed that girls' attitudes towards compulsory physical education tended to become less positive as the year level increased with the reverse being true for boys. That is, boys' attitudes towards physical education tended to become more positive as the year level increased, but girls attitudes did not.
Recommended Citation
Pirot, M. (1993). Attitudes of girls and boys towards compulsory physical education in a selected government secondary school. Edith Cowan University. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons/650