Factors Accelerating Students' Participation in Physical Activities of Schools in Iran

Subject Areas : Physical activity and socialization

Farahnaz Shams ¹ , Shahram Aroufzad ²

1 - Department of Sport Management, Farhangian University ,Isfahan. Iran
2 - Department of Sport Management, Farhangian University ,Isfahan. Iran

Received: 2022-03-31 Accepted : 2022-12-21 Published : 2023-06-22

Keywords: Participation, Schools, Accelerator, Physical Activity, Students,

Abstract :

Objective: The purpose of this article was to determine the consequences of student participation in sports activities in Iranian schools.Methodology: The researcher collected information through in-depth interviews using purposive sampling method and snowball sampling technique. Then, the data obtained from interviews, articles, physical education instructions of education, books and clips related to the triangulation technique through method and data, are collected and theorized data method with the method of Charms approach, coding and analysis and Was analyzed.Results: The result of grouping the codes showed one main component and four sub-components. The main component included accelerators and sub-components such as cooperation with stakeholders, financial resources, support and incentive resources, political context.Conclusion: According to these accelerators, it can be acknowledged that these factors accelerate the process of student participation in school physical activity; This research can be used as a tool to analyze students' participation in physical activities in Iranian schools.Also, considering the importance of the role of valuation in government policies on the work of physical education teachers, it is therefore suggested that extracurricular trustees in the field of sports, motivating physical education teachers and school principals evaluate the activities of these loved ones at school level. Provide.Accelerators (cooperation with stakeholders, financial resources, supportive-incentive resources and political context) have affected both the process of sports participation and the consequences of sports participation. Therefore, it can be said that value orientation, health promotion policy, policy of paying attention to students 'age, strategic view of participation are among the sub-components affecting the political context, which should be at the top of the importance of paying attention to students' age. Because they are vulnerable and at the same time effective and future-making of society.The results of this study can help the organizations in charge of sports in the country to deal properly with the participation of students in the physical activities of Iranian schools. Also, conducting this research while creating awareness of the current situation for optimal planning and review of accelerators, which refers to the analysis, recognition and scrutiny of the entire system of student participation in physical activities and determining the factors affecting participation, can have benefits such as the possibility of participation. More in school physical activities, diversity in school physical activities, attention to the interests and needs of students, creating an informal and intimate atmosphere, revitalizing the vitality and freshness in students and better identifying sports talents.

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