The impact of school sports media on spreading sports culture among school students in the Republic of Yemen

Abstract

This research aims to identify the impact of school sports media on students' attitudes towards physical education and on the sports culture of middle school students. The researchers formulated two main hypotheses: that school sports media positively influences students' attitudes towards sports and that it positively influences the sports culture of middle school students. The researchers employed a single-group pre-test/post-test experimental design, deemed suitable for this study. The study was conducted on a sample of 200 middle school students in schools within the Capital Governorate during the 2011-2012 academic year. The researchers concluded the following: 1- School sports media positively influences sports culture. 2- School sports media positively influences attitudes. 3- There are statistically significant differences in favor of the post-test compared to the pre-test for the research sample in sports culture. This supports hypothesis (1), which states that school sports media positively influences the sports culture of middle school students. 4- There are statistically significant differences in favor of the post-test compared to the pre-test for the research sample in attitudes. This supports hypothesis (2), which states that school sports media positively influences the modification of attitudes among middle school students. 5- The percentages of change rates between the pre-test and post-test measurements for the research sample in the variables of attitudes and culture show that the improvement rates between the post-test and pre-test measurements for the research sample reached 10.88% in attitudes and 29.64% in sports culture. This fulfills the research objectives and hypotheses. 6- The program used, which is the systematic cultural program, had a statistically significant impact on the research results. 7- The school media used in the research achieved its goal of spreading culture and modifying students’ attitudes, because it is diverse and interesting.