Parents’ Attitude and Opinions towards Extracurricular Sport Activity
Abstract
In this research, the attitude and opinions of
parents towards high school students’ participaton in extracurricular sport
activities were investigated. The research, fictionalized by explanatory
sequential design amongst the mixed approach designs in which quantitative and
qualitative approaches are used together, was applied on parents of high school
students participating at different high schools in 2014-2015 academic years
fall semester in Kırıkkale. As a data collection tool, “Parent Attitude Scale
towards Extracurricular Sport Activities” developed by Yılmaz & Güven
(2015) and “Semi-structured Interview Form” created by researcher were used. In
the analysis of survey data from the quantitative phase of the research, t-test,
analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson correlation test was used as statistical
methods. In qualitative data analysis, it was benefited from content analysis
technique. According to research findings, it was figured out that significant
difference were determined considering the state of parent’s education, income state of family, students’ grade
level. In the part of qualitative part of research; it was determined that
parents had positive opinions on extracurricular sport activities; they
supported attendance of children to these activities.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Studies on Education
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
October 30, 2019
Submission Date
June 29, 2019
Acceptance Date
October 16, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 48 Number: 2