POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS RACQUET SPORT OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Authors

  • Alejandro Hijós Quintas University of Zaragoza, Calle Valentín Carderera, 4, 22003 Huesca, Spain
  • Francisco Pradas de la Fuente University of Zaragoza, Calle Valentín Carderera, 4, 22003 Huesca, Spain
  • Carlos Castellar Otín University of Zaragoza, Calle Valentín Carderera, 4, 22003 Huesca, Spain

Abstract

The aim of this study was to know the attitudes towards racquet sports in Spanish primary school teachers. Eighty one teachers from Zaragoza participated in this study, filling out the scale Positive attitudes towards racquet sport of the validated Table Tennis Attitudes Questionnaire. The internal consistency of this scale was measured with the Cronbach alpha coefficient. The results indicate Md=2.19 (SD=0.38) in this scale. The 27.2% of the teachers have never done one training course of this kind of sports, being the badminton the most studied sport. However, the teachers have mainly badminton teaching material. This study shows which is the prevalence of the racquet sports in the teacher programs. Statistically significant relationships were found between the studies of the teachers or the kind of the school, and the attitudes towards racquet sport. The results of this study suggest us that there have to be more educative programs to implementation racquet sports.

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Published

11-08-2017

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (Supplement) (2016)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS RACQUET SPORT OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS. (2017). GYMNASIUM, 17(2 (Supplement). https://gymnasium.ub.ro/index.php/journal/article/view/28