A Survey of Students' Perceptions of Learning Life Skills in Physical Education

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  In Roundtable Session: 14.044-15 - Diverse Approaches to Achievement, Learning, and Understanding in Physical Education

Abstract

Given that physical education is a school requirement, and that physical education national standards address personal and social responsibility, it is important to examine how physical education can foster such learning outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine how students in intervention and control classes interpreted their physical education experience with respect to learning life skills. Using a responsibility-based instructional model, the intervention teacher received training on implementing teaching strategies to promote life skills. Pre- and post-surveys indicated that intervention group students’ in-class experiences with life skills such as effort and self-control were enhanced over that of the control group. Future research should examine students’ beliefs about transferring life skills to other contexts.

Authors

• Jennifer M Jacobs, Northern Illinois University

• Paul M Wright, Northern Illinois University

• Kevin Andrew R. Richards, University of Alabama