Browsing by Author "Uljas, Linda"

The aim of the stydy is to present the perceptions and experiences of classroom teacher students about the effects of school physical education on the adoption of physical active lifestyle. Secondly, the aim was to find out the views and knowledge of classroom teacher studets about the factors influencing the development of physical activity lifestyle in physical education and to find out whether physical education in primary school have effected on their subsequent formation of physical habits. Third goal was to find out how the classroom teachers experiences school´s responsibility in educating and motivating students towards a physical active lifestyle. The research was conducted as a qualitative study in which the data were collected through theme interviews. Eight classroom teacher students from the University of Helsinki were interviewed during this study. The thesis was phenomenographic because the purpose was to understand the meanings behind the experiences and try to understand the phenomenon of the study as comprehensively as possible. Content analysis was used as a means of analyzing the data in this study. Theoretical framework of this thesis consisted of studies of physical activity relationships, the self-determination theory and the physical literacy theory. The study highlighted the achievement of positive exercise experiences as a significant factor to maintain physical activity throughout the lifecourse. The interviewees' experiences of physical education in primary school highlighted the effects of the teacher, subject, group and the framework provided by the school on the formation of later physical education habits. The basis for physical activity lifestyle is formed of motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and understanding. The physical lifestyle was considered as an important goal in physical education, although its implementation was perceived as a challenging task.