Physical activity of pupils: Engagement of pupils younger school age in extracurricular sports activities

Abstract

One of the most important health problems of today's society is hypokinesia accompanied by obesity. The assumption is that reduced physical activity has a large negative impact on the school population. The problem of reduced commitment and involvement of pupils in extracurricular activities is increasingly evident in recent times, which results in a number of negative health effects on the human body of an individual. This study comprised a group of pupils from first to the fourth year of elementary school in Pale (city East Sarajevo, BIH). The total sample consisted of 175 pupils (84 male and 91 female) age 11 to 14±0,5years. As a way of gathering the required information, we used an anonymous questionnaire of the open type in order to collect information about pupils involvement in extracurricular sports activities. The survey was conducted in October 2017 and all the pupils voluntarily participated in the study. Based on the survey results have been obtained the necessary information to reflect the very good of physical activity, of the pupils population. Of the total sample of pupils, the survey confirmed that 100% are physically active pupils. This is an encouraging result because today we have less physically active school children.

Comparing project-based learning with conventional models: Enhancing students’ enjoyment of physical education

“…The PJBL model in physical education requires projects by students in groups. This process creates cognitive, affective, and psychomotor aspects that are appropriate to the student's growth and development process (Pavlovic , 2018). Students are increasingly honing their social aspects and are also required to collaborate with each other.…”

“…By placing greater emphasis on the iterative process, this conventional model is often considered outdated (Enriquez & Oliver, 2021). Even though the syllabus prepared by the teacher is modern, the assumption of learning success is still seen in the movement test alone leaving out other assessment aspects (Pavlovic , 2018).…”