Parent expectations towards participation to extracurricular sport activity of high school students

Abstract

Extracurricular activities are the activities that are carried out inside and outside of the school after the class depending upon a plan and program, and that contain the traits designed for the various purposes. This activities are important for adolescents in terms of discovery the skills, interests and strengths, and creating a chance to get to know themselves. Besides, the activities provide to strengthen the relationships with persons in school, and to build up academic success and moral life factors. This study aims to determine the expectations of parents from the extracurricular sportive activities. Material: In research, interwoven single case study design, one of the qualitative research approaches, was used. Easy accessible sample was benefited for the selection of study group. Parents of 14 students studying in different high schools in the city center of Kırıkkale in 2014-2015 academic years were included in the research. Data were obtained from the semi-structured interview form and applied a content analysis. Results: As a result of the obtained findings, it was figured out that expectations of parents from the extracurricular sportive activities are generally the contributions of activities on children to spend a quality leisure time. 5 categories were obtained as a result of analysis. These categories are "being a healthy individual", "keeping away from the harmful habits", "socializing", "keeping away from the bad circle of friends", "providing skill development" and "providing being an intellectual individual". Conclusions: As a result, parental opinions revealed that extracurricular sportive activities are important in terms of children spending a quality leisure time. Parents' expectations from these activities are also in this direction.

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“…The current studies on psychophysiological, somatotypical characteristics of students are very important and require to be considered in time in organizing an educational process (Kolokoltsev et al, 2018). The other research highlights that expectations for the pupils' participation in extracurricular sports activities is considered by their parents as a contribution to the activity of the children aimed at spending their free time successfully (Yılmaz, 2018). We conducted the research on the efficiency of professional applied physical training of 16-17 years-old pupils depending on the application of information and methodology systems.…”

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“…It has had a significant impact on the economies and social structures of the different countries in the world. It is an undeniable fact that sport is related to many different disciplines from social sciences to health sciences, natural sciences to educational sciences, behavioral sciences to management sciences (Alleyne et al, 2010;Caz & Tunç kol, 2015;Özbay et al, 2018;Mumcu et al, 2017;Togo et al, 2018;Demir & Akın, 2018;Özkara, et al, 2018;Toktaş & Baş, 2019;Yılmaz, 2018 ). Therefore, countries that give importance to research on sports will be rewarded.…”