2021 Volume 27 Issue 1 Pages 1-11
An online questionnaire survey was conducted among high school students in Japan to clarify their perceptions of high school health and physical education (PE) teachers. This study aimed to clarify the relationships among the differences in student attributes and motivations in health and PE classes. The study results are summarized as follows:
1. The study results showed four factors related to the high school students’ perceptions of health and PE teachers: “lacking the competency of a good teacher,” “endearing character,” “athlete” and “central role in the school.”
2. Regarding the high school students’ perceptions of health and PE teachers, comparisons were conducted using the following two attributes: “gender,” “school grade.” The results showed a significant difference only for the “gender” attribute, whereas no significant differences were noted for “school grade.”
3. The relationships among high school students’ perceptions of PE teachers, and student motivations in PE classes were analyzed in this study. The analysis results showed that “endearing character” had significantly positive effects. Moreover, the relationships among high school students’ perceptions of health teachers, and student motivations in health classes were analyzed in this study. The results showed significantly positive effects for “endearing character” and “central role in the school,” whereas significantly negative effects were noted for “athlete.”
