The Amount of Physical Activity in Primary Education

Na uzorku od 107 učenika Osnovne škole Otona Ivekovića, u Zagrebu, provedeno je istraživanje s ciljem procjene količine tjelesne aktivnosti kod učenika u primarnoj edukaciji u dobi od 8 do 10 godina starosti (od 2. do 4. razreda osnovne škole). U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 54 učenika i 53 učenice. Glavni cilj istraživanja bio je praćenje razine tjelesne aktivnosti djece u primarnoj edukaciji, kao i provjera razlika u količini tjelesne aktivnosti na temelju spola i dobi pomoću t-testa. Istraživanje je provedeno tijekom veljače, 2020. godine, primjenom upitnika za procjenu količine tjelesne aktivnosti koji se sastojao od pet pitanja. Učenici su upitnik rješavali samostalno, uz prethodno objašnjenje i upute ispitivača. Uvidom u rezultate uočeno je da su učenici trećih razreda nešto aktivniji od učenika drugih razreda, ali razlika nije bila statistički značajna. Također se pokazalo da su djevojčice aktivnije od dječaka u većini varijabli, ali nije potvrđena značajna razlika. Dječaci su pokazali veću aktivnost od djevojčica jedino u količini treninga u sportskom klubu, ali razlika, također, nije bila statistički značajna. Na temelju dobivenih rezultata može se zaključiti da nema značajnih razlika među učenicima različite dobi i spola pa se odbacuju hipoteze broj 2 i 3 o postojanju značajnih razlika na temelju spola i dobi učenika.Research was carried out on the sample of 107 students of Oton Iveković, primary school, in Zagreb, with the aim of estimating physical activity of primary education students aged 8 to 10, i.e. those of 2nd to 4th grade of primary school. Out of the total number of students 54 boys and 53 girls took part in the research. The main aim of the research was to check the amount of physical activity based on gender and age, as well as, to determine possible differences by means of t-tests. The research was conducted in February of 2020 by using a questionnaire for estimating the amount of physical activity which contained five questions. The students completed the questionnaire independently, previously explained and supervised by the examiner. Namely, the third grade pupils are slightly more active than the second grade pupils, but not in all the variables, therefore the difference was not statistically relevant. The research also proved that girls are more active than boys in most of the variables, although significant difference was not confirmed either. Boys demonstrated greater activity than girls only in the amount of training in sports clubs, however the difference was not statistically significant. On the basis of the obtained results it can be concluded that there are not significant differences among students of different age and gender, therefore hypotheses 2 and 3 referring to the existence of significant differences based on age and gender are rejected