A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ATTITUDE TOWARD PHYSICAL EDUCATION AMONG PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS

Dr. Mukesh Kumar Chaudhary

 Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare attitude toward physical education among physical education students of different classes For the present study, physical education students, pursuing their courses in physical education in three different years (80 from each year) namely, Bachelor of Physical Education I year or equivalent (U.G. I Year), Bachelor of Physical Education Final year or equivalent (U.G. Final Year) and Master of Physical Education Final year or equivalent (P.G. Final Year) were randomly selected as subjects for the study. The data was collected from a total of 240 students. The self – reported inventory (APEI) was used as measure for collection of data. The data was analyzed by employing one way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and obtained F – ratio of 472.55 was significantly higher. Post – Hoc analysis by Least Significant Difference test exhibited that Mean value was significantly higher in P.G. Final year group in comparison to U.G. I year and U.G. Final year groups, whereas mean value of U.G. Final year group was significantly higher than the U.G. I year group of students. Therefore the hypothesis stated could not be accepted. This can be concluded that students in physical education developed significantly more favourable attitude toward physical education during the course of study, as students progressed from graduation I year through to Post graduation final year.

Keywords: Quality, Favourable, Post-Graduation and Teaching