The Role of Interest in Physical Education: A Review of Research Evidence

Abstract

This article focuses on the research on interest, especially situational interest, in physical education. Interest has been considered a powerful motivator for children and adolescents. Based on a conceptualization of individual and situational interest, a reasonable size of evidence has been accumulated showing that situational interest motivates students to engage in physical activity. The evidence also shows that situational interest may have little impact on learning achievement. It, however, can be controlled and manipulated by teachers to create a situationally interesting learning environment to enhance engagement. The lack of studies on individual interest and its development has been identified as a void in this line of research. We argue that it is necessary to strengthen the research on individual interest and its interaction with situational interest to fully understand the four-phase theoretical model of interest development in the physical activity domain (Renninger & Hidi, 2016).

Observing student’s situational interest based on the implementation of reward and punishment in physical education

“…Situational interest pada setiap individu cenderung tidak stabil, mudah untuk diubah dan dapat didorong dengan berbagai aktivitas yang mereka hadapi dalam keadaan senang maupun tertekan. Pengembangan situational interest Gita Febria Friskawati, Sri Widaningsih, dan Rizki Illahi Situational interest siswa dilihat dari pemberian reward and punishment dalam pembelajaran pendidikan jasmani 201 SPORTIF, 5 (2) 2019 | 198-214 secara penuh akan menjadi identitas idividu ketika dia terlibat dalam sebuah aktivitas yang disenanginya, (Chen and Wang, 2017). Oleh karena itu, proses belajar mengajar penjas hendaknya menciptakan lingkungan yang dapat membuat suasana senang sekaligus ada tekanan untuk mendukung proses pembelajaran.…”

Who Are Our Students? Understanding Students' Personality for Refined and Targeted Physical Education. A Scoping Review

“…Review articles in PE context are mostly concerned with PE teachers-often focusing on their education (Scheuer, 2019) or teaching methods (Lander et al, 2017). Review articles, considering the students in PE, typically focus on specific questions concerning students' personal characteristics and within this individual aspects such as self-concept or achievement motivation, rather than the students' personality in a broad sense (Kretschmann, 2015;Ang and Yubing, 2017;Silverman, 2017). The latter approach is more common in general educational research.…”

Factors influencing the students’ interests in continuing their education to University

“…When will increase students' interest in something, things to note is the environment where students are located. Interest is a powerful enough driver for students to do and choose something (Mazer, 2017;Yang, 2016;Chen, & Wang, 2017).…”