A Qualitative Study Of The Components Pertaining To Intrinsic Motivation In Physical Education

Abstract

The purpose of this qualitative study is to fill gaps in our understanding of the variables that motivate students to exercise their own will: approach and Procedures. Students majoring in secondary physical education were chosen at random from a pool of 255 students using appropriate questionnaire scores to conduct sixteen in-depth interviews. Both individual and social-environmental variables were linked to an intrinsic desire to participate in PE, according to analyses of interview transcripts. Students' intrinsic motivation was affected by their variations in competence perception, autonomy perception, physical appearance, and goal orientation. A student's social environment encompasses not only the physical education curriculum, instructors, classmates, and school athletic facilities but also their family's physical activity habits and the encouragement they receive from loved ones, involvement in extracurricular athletic activities, exposure to media portrayals of physical activity, cultural values, and societal assumptions. A myriad of social influences impacts students' intrinsic desire to participate in PE. When planning PE classes, these factors must be considered.