Objectives: to point out weaknesses and strengths of Physical Education (PE) in the Italian school system on the basis of the students’ opinions. Methods: an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire regarding experiences and opinions about PE learned in the last two years of secondary school was distributed to a sample of freshmen from 14 Italian universities. Differences among groups coming from North, Center and South regions of Italy were also analyzed. Results: for 42,2% of the 7.033 participants the principal aim pursued during PE lessons was mainly recreation. More than the half of the students (62,2%) reported none or modest influence of PE on current personal Physical Activity (PA) practice. 67,2% of the sample is satisfied of PE received, mainly in Northern regions. Discussion and conclusions: there is a need to enhance PE teaching in the Italian school through an increase of time allocated to PE lessons and through their assignment to well-trained teachers.
Il ruolo dell’educazione fisica nella promozione della salute: uno studio multicentrico / Di Onofrio, Valeria; Gallé, Francesca; Brandi, Giorgio; Bruno, Stefania; Carraro, Elisabetta; Fantuzzi, Guglielmina; Grillo, Orazio Claudio; Guida, Marco; Leoni, Erica; Minelli, Liliana; Napoli, Christian; Parpinel, Maria; Pasquarella, Cesira Isabella Maria; Prato, Rosa; Spica, Vincenzo Romano; Liguori, Giorgio. - In: SISTEMA SALUTE. - ISSN 2280-0166. - 59:3(2015), pp. 372-381.
Il ruolo dell’educazione fisica nella promozione della salute: uno studio multicentrico
PASQUARELLA, Cesira Isabella Maria;
2015-01-01
Abstract
Objectives: to point out weaknesses and strengths of Physical Education (PE) in the Italian school system on the basis of the students’ opinions. Methods: an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire regarding experiences and opinions about PE learned in the last two years of secondary school was distributed to a sample of freshmen from 14 Italian universities. Differences among groups coming from North, Center and South regions of Italy were also analyzed. Results: for 42,2% of the 7.033 participants the principal aim pursued during PE lessons was mainly recreation. More than the half of the students (62,2%) reported none or modest influence of PE on current personal Physical Activity (PA) practice. 67,2% of the sample is satisfied of PE received, mainly in Northern regions. Discussion and conclusions: there is a need to enhance PE teaching in the Italian school through an increase of time allocated to PE lessons and through their assignment to well-trained teachers.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
