Examining secondary school students' metaphor perceptions of the concept of physical education lesson
The purpose of the present research is examining secondary school 7th grade students' perceptions of the concept of physical education lesson through metaphors. The present research also tested whether the metaphors produced by the students differ according to gender. The research was conducted...
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description | The purpose of the present research is examining secondary school 7th grade students' perceptions of the concept of physical education lesson through metaphors. The present research also tested whether the metaphors produced by the students differ according to gender. The research was conducted on 393 students who study in 7th grade at three different public secondary schools in the province of Konya in 2014-2015 academic year, fall semester. According to the findings obtained in the research, the students produced 45 different metaphors related to the concept of physical education lesson. These metaphors produced by students under 4 conceptual categories. There wasn't a statistically significant difference between the conceptual categories according to gender. In accordance with the findings obtained in the present research, metaphor method can be used as an important data collection method in order to understand and explain the secondary school 7th grade students' perceptions of the concept of physical education. |
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spelling | doaj.art-15ab8230f2a14effb4655ace92a3167a2023-11-23T10:32:10ZengSelcuk UniversityTürk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi2147-56522015-07-01171105113154Examining secondary school students' metaphor perceptions of the concept of physical education lessonAlpaslan GorucuOnur KoksalThe purpose of the present research is examining secondary school 7th grade students' perceptions of the concept of physical education lesson through metaphors. The present research also tested whether the metaphors produced by the students differ according to gender. The research was conducted on 393 students who study in 7th grade at three different public secondary schools in the province of Konya in 2014-2015 academic year, fall semester. According to the findings obtained in the research, the students produced 45 different metaphors related to the concept of physical education lesson. These metaphors produced by students under 4 conceptual categories. There wasn't a statistically significant difference between the conceptual categories according to gender. In accordance with the findings obtained in the present research, metaphor method can be used as an important data collection method in order to understand and explain the secondary school 7th grade students' perceptions of the concept of physical education.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/200783concept; metaphor; metaphor perceptions; physical education lesson; secondary school. |
spellingShingle | Alpaslan Gorucu Onur Koksal Examining secondary school students' metaphor perceptions of the concept of physical education lesson Türk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi concept; metaphor; metaphor perceptions; physical education lesson; secondary school. |
title | Examining secondary school students' metaphor perceptions of the concept of physical education lesson |
title_full | Examining secondary school students' metaphor perceptions of the concept of physical education lesson |
title_fullStr | Examining secondary school students' metaphor perceptions of the concept of physical education lesson |
title_full_unstemmed | Examining secondary school students' metaphor perceptions of the concept of physical education lesson |
title_short | Examining secondary school students' metaphor perceptions of the concept of physical education lesson |
title_sort | examining secondary school students metaphor perceptions of the concept of physical education lesson |
topic | concept; metaphor; metaphor perceptions; physical education lesson; secondary school. |
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