Comparative Study on Attitudes of Students Studying in Different Types of High Schools towards Physical Education and Sports Lesson

The main purpose of this study was to examine attitudes of students studying in different types of high schools towards physical education and sports lesson in terms of various variables. In this research, comparative survey model has been adopted. Population of the research consisted of students studying in different types of high schools and different grades in Erzurum province in 2016-2017 and its sample group consisted of total 1560 high school students selected by using stratified random sampling. Personal information form and physical education lesson attitude scale developed by Demirhan and Altay were used in order to measure students' attitudes towards physical education and sports lesson. According to the findings, there are significant difference between participant students' gender, grade, school type, mother educational level variables and levels of their attitudes towards physical education lesson according to p<,05 significance level, but there is no significant difference according to father educational level and residence place variables. As a result, all students studying in different types of high schools in Erzurum have positive attitudes towards physical education and sports lesson. According to high school type, attitudes of Anatolian İmam Hatip High School students towards physical education and sports lesson are at the most positive attitude level when compared to other high school types.