How children of the second triad of primary school in the region of Prekmureje perceive physical education

This thesis examines how children, of the second triad of primary school in the region of Prekmurje, perceive physical education. The research study included 449 pupils form five primary schools in the Prekmurje region. Children have individually filled out a pre-composed questionnaire that was carried out anonymously. The theoretical part of this thesis defines the meaning of sport and its representation for young people as well as their motivation to actively engage in sports. In addition, it outlines different ways on how to encourage children to be active. Furthermore, it examines their experience of sport activities, what kind of fears pupils encounter during sports, and ways to overcome those fears. In the empirical part of this thesis we have tried to determine, if children like physical education and who their teachers are. We also tried to determine how pupils perceive physical education in terms of popularity and importance for future life as well as how they experience getting grades for their performance. Moreover, we have also tried to define, which sports and activities pupils like or do not like, and what they would like to do during these classes, if the choice was up to them. We were also curious whether primary schools in the Prekmurje region implement an active break and how popular it is among pupils. We have determined that pupils like sports, it is their most popular subject, and they also view it as very important for their future life. In most cases these classes are taught by sports teachers (physical education). We have concluded that pupils like their final grades and are pleased that their achievements are being evaluated. Furthermore, they are not afraid of being evaluated and are very pleased by receiving grades, they also prefer a physical education class that includes grades as to one that does not. Pupils like ball games the best, the most popular game is dodgeball, whereas dance, gymnastics and track are the least popular sports. Sports day is one of their most favourable activities. One of the things that they do not enjoy is when teachers get angry with them or punish them. If the choice for a favourite activity during sports classes was left to the pupils, boys would choose soccer and girls dodgeball. Majority of the pupils do not have an active break but would like to have one very much