Popularity of Sport Among Pupils of Primary Schools in Serbia

Radojević, Jaroslava; Ilić, J.; Višnjić, Dragoljub; Jovanović, Snežana

doi:10.33225/pec/11.36.51

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“…The sports that the schoolchildren in Serbia would like to participate in most were soccer, basketball, swimming, and volleyball, which is in agreement with the results obtained by Višnjić and Sretenović (2014) which indicated that schoolchildren would like more access to swimming, soccer, volleyball, tennis, and basketball. Radojević et al (2011) determined a preference for basketball, swimming, volleyball, and soccer, and Milanović and Radisavljević-Janić (2011), who worked with a sample of schoolchildren from Belgrade, concluded that schoolchildren mostly took part in basketball, volleyball, and soccer. Ilić et al (2012) concluded that schoolchildren would welcome the introduction of swimming, soccer, basketball, and volleyball into the school curriculum.…”

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“…The system of dependent variables includes the following selection of sports: athletics, aerobics, aikido, acrobatics, badminton, cycling, judo, fitness, soccer, gymnastics, karate, basketball, volleyball, orienteering, swimming, rhythmic gymnas-tics, handball, wrestling, synchronised swimming, skiing, sports dancing, table tennis, archery, taekwondo, tennis, water polo, and rowing. The list of sports was based on previous, select research (Radojević et al, 2011;Ilić et al 2012;Ilić, 2013).…”

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“…In Serbia, there are very few studies (Ilić, 2013) that focus on parental attitudes towards physical education classes, and more studies are focused on the children's participation in them (Krsmanović, 1996;Đorđić & Tumin, 2008;Milanović & Radisavljević -Janić, 2011;Radojević et al, 2011;Šekeljić & Stamatović, 2011;Ilić et al, 2012;Šekeljić et al, 2012;Višnjić & Sretenović, 2014). Interestingly, no studies in Serbia focus on the interaction of the interests of parents and children, while some studies have tried to investigate the significance of the role of active parental involvement in their children's elementary education process (Radojlović et al, 2015).…”

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Gender as А Determinant of Parents and Children’s Attitudes Toward the Inclusion of Sports Branches Into the Elementary School Curriculum

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Pelemiš

2023

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In Serbia’s elementary schools, physical education is an obligatory course from the very beginning of education. This is why schools and academic staff can use their authority and behaviour to promote a healthy lifestyle among children. Parents, who are the models of good behaviour, opinions, and attitudes, likewise participate in the promotion of a healthy lifestyle among children. Thus, so as to ensure that the process of building healthy habits and an active lifestyles is as successful as possible, it is important to bear in mind the interests and preferences of both groups, as well as their gender differences. The research sample included 8002 schoolchildren in their fifth year of education, and 5768 parents. The independent variables were gender and participation in sport, and the dependent variables were 27 sport activities. The data was processed using non-parametric statistics, χ² and crosstabs. The results show that soccer, basketball, swimming and volleyball are the sports which schoolchildren most like to participate in, and which parents prefer for their children. In terms of the choice of sport, significant differences were determined between the boys and the girls, as well as between the mothers and the fathers.

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“…Achieving sustainability in the long run via building a membership base is only possible when organizations have well-functioning marketing aimed at gaining attention and reaching and recruiting new athletes from an early age [13,53]. It is an emphasis on this dimension of sustainability that makes it crucial to study the perceived popularity of different sports among the population depending on their age.…”

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“…The authors of this study identified not only the favorite sports among the children, but they also proved that there were statistically significant differences in preferences in relation to genders. As they studied a different population, the question is whether a similar statistical difference would appear in the Slovak Republic [13].…”

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Application of the Perceived Popularity of Sports to Support the Sustainable Management of Sports Organizations

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The operations of sports organizations must be managed to create value in the long run. This explicit management will support their efficiency, competitiveness, and sustainability. The key concept measured in this study was the popularity of sports. This concept is a pivotal element in influencing the acquisition of financial contributions for sports organizations (from the state and sponsors) as well as in attracting new members. We conducted an online questionnaire in 2021 focusing on the concept of the perceived popularity of sports in Slovakia. The number of observations was 338, out of the total population of Slovak citizens over the age of 15. We also applied other methods, including content analysis, induction, deduction, comparison, and synthesis analyses. The analysis of the data led to the following findings: in this context, the two most popular sports were hockey and European football; the greatest propensity for fan self-identification was observed for European football, hockey, and basketball; men who indicated a preference for cycling were significantly larger fans of the sport than women; European football and motorsports were almost exclusively preferred by men; skiing, volleyball, and tennis were preferred by women; and basketball was preferred by the youngest respondents. This study aimed to propose recommendations for approaching sustainability, assuming that increasing popularity represents an opportunity to increase a sport organizations’ membership base.

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Psychometric characteristics of the scale for measurement of readiness for active involvement in physical education classes in elementary school

Petrović¹,

Milošević²,

Petrović³

2016

Fizičko vaspitanje i sport kroz vekove

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SUMMARYSchool curriculum and syllabus of physical education sets in front of the pupils the objectives and tasks that could be, by their nature, both physical and sociopsychological while the level of mastering of the contents is measured with a mark that is seen as the result of efficiency of overall educational process at a certain education level. However, the mark in physical education is a composite of numerous factors, one of which is motivation that can be considered within a school environment as readiness for an active engagement of pupils during classes (contrary to passive and mechanical fulfilment of requirements and acting based on the teachers' demand, or open and direct obstruction of a class, disturbing of discipline and refusal to actively implement the curriculum). Therefore, it is important to take pupils' motivation into account in order to fulfilthe sense of physical education classes, remedy the potential shortcomings, and improve additionally the planned syllabus. The Scale for measurement of readiness for active involvement at physical education classes in elementary school has been designed with that aim since early adolescence is considered a critical period for adopting of healthy lifestyles and its metric characteristics have also been tested. The Scale consists of five levels, of Likert's type and it consists of two sub-scales (Commitment and Winning) with nine statements in total. |With good psychometric characteristics, easy understanding, concise contents and short and simple setting it is recommended for further work and additional research in the field of motivation in physical education in both elementary and secondary school.

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Popularity of Sport Among Pupils of Primary Schools in Serbia

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References 8 publications

Gender as А Determinant of Parents and Children’s Attitudes Toward the Inclusion of Sports Branches Into the Elementary School Curriculum

Gender as А Determinant of Parents and Children’s Attitudes Toward the Inclusion of Sports Branches Into the Elementary School Curriculum

Application of the Perceived Popularity of Sports to Support the Sustainable Management of Sports Organizations

Psychometric characteristics of the scale for measurement of readiness for active involvement in physical education classes in elementary school

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