Jelena Ilic¹

¹Republički zavod za sport, Beograd

PREFERENCES FOR INTRODUCTION OF ELECTIVE SPORTS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES AMONG PARENTS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS

PREFERENCIJE RODITELJA UČENIKA OSNOVNIH ŠKOLA ZA UVOĐENJE IZBORNOG SPORTA U NASTAVU FIZIČKOG VASPITANJA

Sport Mont 2013, XI(37-38-39), 131-136

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine which sports are most popular among parents of pupils of primary school in Serbia, in order to determine which sports would be advisable to introduce in the classes of physical education. The sample included 5865 parents. Most parents would like to introduce as an optional sport swimming, football, basketball, volleyball and at last parents would like to introduce acrobatics, wrestling, orienteering and rowing. Obtained were statistically significant differences according to gender (fathers would like to be introduced football and mothers would like swimming) and according to educational level (parents with higher educational level would most like to be introduced swimming and volleyball; while parents with the lowest educational level prefered football). The results indicates that with enlargement of educational level of parents comes higher level of interest for other sports, like skiing and basketball and decrease level interest for bicycling, football and karate.

Keywords

elective sport, parents, primary school

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