Eighth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society

Abstract

Physical Literacy (PL) is the ultimate goal of the Physical Education (PE) which highly effects to the sports performances, overall health and wellness. A child should be guided by PE teachers to achieve a healthy, well-being active lifestyle through a systematic PE. The prime aim of this study was to identify the level of PL Knowledge of PE teachers in Sabaragamuwa Province which consists of two administrative districts in Sri Lanka. Descriptive Cross Sectional Sampling Survey method was applied to do the study and 103 subjects were selected as the sample using Stratified Random Sampling method. Self-administrative Questionnaire was used to collect the data which assesses the PL Knowledge and Demographic factors of PE teachers. The two Sample T-tests and ANOVA were used to analyze the data with the use of Minitab 17.0 software. Results indicated that the average level of PE teacher’s knowledge about overall PL was 64.90%. There was no significant difference between the average knowledge score about PL and Demographic factors except teaching experience (P- value = 0.033). The study revealed can be concluded that PE teachers in Sabaragamuwa province have insufficient level of knowledge on PL which would have negative impacts on children’s sports performances, physical competency, motivation and confidence to engage in physical activities, knowledge and understanding about physical activities and healthy wellbeing active lifestyle of children. That will lead to a sedentary lifestyle of children with chronic diseases.