Perception Of Secondary School Students’ Regarding Teaching Quality, Enjoyable And Motivational Climate In Physical Education Classes

Abstract

Physical education is an integral part of general education concerned with the wholesome development of an individual. This study aimed to examine the perception of secondary school students regarding teaching quality and motivational climate in physical education classes. A descriptive cross-sectional design was employed in this study. The target population consisted of all those students registered for physical education subjects at the secondary school level in Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan. For the collection of data, the researcher adopted questionnaires, i.e. Teaching Quality, Motivational Climate and enjoyment of f Physical Education Classes.  The collected data were processed through the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS, version-32), and thus suitable statistical tools were applied. Based on results, the study concluded that Physical education classes are generally perceived as enjoyable and mastery-oriented, supported by reasonably high teaching quality. On the other hand, a significant gender gap was found, with male students experiencing considerably more positive motivational conditions than female students.