Model wykształcenia rodziców a społeczno-wychowawcze wartości sportu w opinii uczniów łódzkich gimnazjów

Abstract

The author refers to the importance of universal paradigms of sport in the life of the modern family, pointing to its social and pedagogical values. Parents’ beliefs, sports traditions, the atmosphere of family environment and a model of education of both parents influence the shaping of positive or negative attitudes towards physical activity and sport .Empirical verification of the raised issues is an attempt to indicate by 2555 students of Lodz junior secondary schools the selected values of active participation in sport in the context of father’s and mother’s model of education . The research process includes five components of active participation in sport referring to evocation of positive emotions, acquisition of skills of cooperation and coexistence in a group, the phenomenon of selfishness and self-centeredness, the ability to apply the rules of sports in everyday life and character shaping. The results show that the students whose parents have a low educational status display - statistically higher (α = 0.05) - belief in the existence of educational and social values of the sport activity.