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- Title
STUDENTS INTERESTS FOR WRESTLING AND OTHER MARTIAL ARTS AND POSSIBILITIES FOR THEIR IMPLEMENTATION IN PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATUION PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
- Authors
Popeska, Biljana; Dimkov, Trajco; Jovanova-Mitkovska, Snezana
- Abstract
The study was realized on a sample of 918 examiners, pupils from third, fourth and fifth grade in five primary schools in the municipality of Stip, Republic of Macedonia, recognized as a city of many athletes included in martial arts, mainly in wrestling. Students were interviewed using a questionnaire specially designed for the purpose of the study. According the results, 91% of students declare that would like to participate at regular physical and health education classes, 86% of pupils share the opinion that physical activity at PHE classes is useful for them and improves their well - being. From the aspect of their interest for PHE contents and possibilities for learning new sports, 72% of the pupils stated that they are willing to try new and different sports. From the list of several sports including martial arts, the most unfamiliar sport for primary school children is badminton, followed by ping - pong and artistic gymnastics. Only 3% of the pupils are not familiar with martial arts. Martial arts were also quite popular between students. From the suggested list of sports, 312 pupils are interested in karate, 223 pupils in wrestling and 136 pupils selected the judo. Based on these results for student's interests and the positive effect and benefits that wrestling and other martial arts have on children's development, we suggested several forms of implementation in current PHE curriculum.
- Subjects
MARTIAL arts; PHYSICAL education; PRIMARY school curriculum
- Publication
Research in Kinesiology, 2017, Vol 45, Issue 2, p148
- ISSN
1857-7679
- Publication type
Article