Tenth International Conference on Sport & Society

Abstract

Adolescent physical activity has decreased in both developed and developing countries. A way of meeting desirable physical activity levels in schools is through Physical Education. Physical Education in South Africa before 1994 was a subject on its own but was later absorbed into a new subject called Life Orientation. In 2005 the implementation of the Outcome-based curriculum transformed and reduced Physical Education. The aim is to investigate the perceived benefits of grade 8 and 9 learners and PE educators through structured and unstructured PE lessons in Cape Town high schools. The self-determination theory and the sequential explanatory research design will be used, this study focuses on Phase 1: the stratified random sampling method where an estimated sample population for 10 schools is N=800. Self-developed surveys are conducted in 10 Cape Town high schools with male and female learners from a grade 8 and 9 Physical Education class where data is analysed using SPSS v24 where descriptive and inferential statistics will be used to examine the data. Phase 2: based on the results of the quantitative data analysis, interviews will be conducted with Physical Education or Life Orientation educators. The qualitative data will be used to explain the quantitative data. A thematic analysis will be conducted to analyse the data. For reliability and validity, a pilot test will be conducted on the instrument. For the researcher to maintain trustworthiness from participants, on-going critical subjectivity through reflexivity will ensure findings from an unexamined bias background. This study takes ethical considerations into account