A study of students' attitude towards physical training and sports lesson in terms of several variables (Examples from Hamur, Agri)

Individuals may develop attitude against the objects around them. When these attitudes are in positive way, it encourages positive behaviours such as gaining interest, supportiveness and appreciation. On the contrary, when individuals develop negativity against these objects, it will drive them to get away of it. In the schools, students may develop attitudes against school management or teachers. Particularly, the attitudes developed against the lessons may affect students' performance in the lessons – to their fail or success. The lesson of physical training and sports is one of the important lessons, affecting students' all development areas, in our National Education System. Physical training and sports lessons will play a significant role in encouraging students to attend regularly in physical activities and forming a healthy lifestyle. In physical training and sport lessons that affect students' developments thoroughly, students' attitudes against the lessons is important for them to perform short- and long-term targets. Within this context, the aim of this study is to investigate students' attitudes against physical and sports lessons and analyse in terms of a several of variables. The study is conducted via scanning method, in 2018-2019 Academic year, with attendance of 864 students who are studying in different grades, in Hamur, Ağrı. Form of personal information and attitude scale in physical training and sports are used as ways of data collection. The data is analysed on SPSS 22.0 programme. Additionally, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis H tests are used in analysis of data that shows irregular variance. The output of the study indicates that the students demonstrates positive attitude against physical training and sports lesson. A significant variance is determined in students' attitude against physical training and sports lesson, in terms of gender, grade, sports hall, educational background of father and level of income in the family. Key Words: Physical education, Spore, Attitude.