İLKÖĞRETİM 4 - 5. SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN OYUN ve SPOR TERCİHLERİ

Abstract

Fast growing population, and technological development and its products such as modern computer games, and also heavy urbanisation lead children to leave active play and sports and therefore it is certain to come to pass that they will suffer from health problems like obesity. Children pass their daily time mainly at schools in present education system. That is why sport activities and physical education lessons become opportunities for them to be physically active. However, there is not adequate literature on teachers' knowledge levels of play and sports in order to teach physical education classes effectively. Besides, it is difficult to obtain clear information on which play and sports children like to play or do in Turkey. 4 th and 5 th grade students in 74 elementary school in 2010-2011 educational year in Kirikkale city centre and district represented target population for present study. Sample size was determined by randomly selected 271 4 th and 5 th grade students in 37 elementary school. This survey type study was not only conducted to describe play and sports preferences of elementary school children but also to provide evidence of children's tendency toward traditional games. Findings of this study indicated that most favourite sport was basketball among 4 th grade students whereas 5 th grade students' most favourite sport was athletics. Most favourite play among 4 th grades was hide and seek while 5 th grades reported dodgeball as their most favourite play.

Expectations of Prospective Class Teachers From Physical Education and Game Teaching Lesson

“…"Children leave active game and sports activities because of the constricted play grounds in consequence of the ever-increasing population, computer games depending on technological developments and irregular urbanization, and these hitches lead to some health problems like obesity in children" (Ayan and Memiş, 2012).…”