Some factors of participation of female students in physical education class 2 (table tennis)

Abstract

Introduction: Health and freshness of people in a community will be promoted by strengthening their bodies and lifting their spirits. Scientific exercise changes peoples' personality to positive. Paying attention to the importance of women's participation in sport activities guided us to study some factors affecting the participation of female students in physical education class 2 (table tennis).

Methods: This study was a descriptive and analytic research conducted on 110 subjects. The subjects were selected from all female students of different courses of Islamic Azad University of Khorasgan. The samples were all students who had registered for general physical education class 2 (table tennis) in educational year of 2003-2004. The data were collected by a questionnaire containing 40 questions. Variables were motivation, interest, theoretical and practical knowledge, teaching method, management and planning, equipment and facilities, menstrual period and students' participation. The data were analyzed with chi-square and correlation tests by SPSS software.

Results: The findings showed that the mean age of the subjects was 22.54 years and 78.2 percent of the subjects were not married. Data analysis showed a significant association between motivation and interest of the students, theoretical and practical knowledge, teaching method, management and planning, equipment and facilities and participation of students in the class (P<0.05). Meanwhile, there was no significant association between physiological change of menstruation period and participation of students (p=0.693).

Discussion: Learning will be effective, if there is students' motivation and interest. Teachers' roles, sport facilities and suitable lesson planning highly affect learning. Further researches in this field can promote women's participation in sport program and social health.