Metaphors Produced By Secondary School Students Related To Physical Education Lesson

Ortaokul Öğrencilerinin Beden Eğitimi Dersine İlişkin Ürettikleri Metaforlar

Abstract

The objective of this study is to explore secondary school students’ perceptions of physical education (PE) courses by means of metaphors. The data for this study consisted of 367 secondary school students, 173 females and 194 males, from the provinces of Elazığ and Malatya in Turkey during the 2013-2014 spring term. A structured interview form that asked the respondents to fill in the sentence “Physical education classes are like ……………; because ……………” was used. The data collected were analyzed and interpreted applying the content analysis method. According to the findings, the metaphors used by the students were classified under eight categories using the headings “course content, promoting, relieving, love, point of view, activating, exploratory, and exhilarating”. At the end of the research, it is proved that there are positive perceptions for physical education lessons in the metaphors are created by students concerning this lesson.

Özet

Bu araştırmanın amacı ortaokul seviyesindeki öğrencilerin beden eğitimi dersine ilişkin