Female Students’ Motivational Climate in Physical Education by Age and Educational Environment

Abstract

Objectives. The Problem: The lack of interest of school administration and subject teachers in physical education lessons compared to other lessons, often placing them at the last class of the schedule or abandoning them to complete the curriculum. This contrasts with the joy and eagerness of students during the implementation of the physical education lesson by the instructor, who considers it a motivational climate with a clear impact on the students' psychology. Objectives: To develop and implement a motivational climate scale for secondary school students in physical education lessons. To identify the level of motivational climate for students in traditional and applied lessons based on the variables of age and educational environment. Furthermore, to identify differences in the level of motivational climate for students in physical education lessons between traditional and applied Methods. To achieve the objectives, the researchers used a descriptive approach using a survey and correlational approach. The research community was defined as female secondary school students aged 14-17 years, specifically those in the second intermediate and fifth preparatory stages, in the Nasiriyah city center and rural areas (Ur district) for the year 2023-2024. The total number of female students was 7,972, distributed across (49) schools in the center and (38) schools in the countryside Results. The four groups under study (rural and central areas) achieved their goal of significant influence in the first two tests (traditional lesson) and the second (practical lesson), with the second test (practical lesson) in favor of the motivational climate scale. Conclusion and Recommendations.
The motivational climate was higher among urban female students compared to rural female students due to the surrounding environmental conditions. The motivational climate was higher among fifth-grade female students than among second-grade female students due to the customs and traditions adhered to by middle school female students due to their age.