AUTHOR=Kuśnierz Cezary , Zmaczyńska-Witek Barbara , Rogowska Aleksandra M. 

TITLE=Preferences of Physical Education Profiles Among Polish Adolescents

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00466

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2020.00466

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the association of the preferred profiles of physical education (PE) classes with gender and school level among Polish adolescents. In the cross-sectional survey study, 1,340 Polish students (including 50% of girls) attending middle and high schools, aged between 13 and 19 years, participated. The participants selected one of four preferred profiles of PE classes. The majority (<italic>n</italic> = 845, 63%) of students participated in PE for “fun–pleasure–entertainment,” whereas only one third of students (<italic>n</italic> = 419, 31%) preferred “exercise–sweat–fitness” as a profile of PE classes. The preference for “fun–pleasure–entertainment” decreased about 41% for boys and 31% for high school students. A preference for “exercise–sweat–fitness” increased about 56% for men and 31% for high school students. Teachers should comply with students' preferences related to PE profiles, organizing PE classes in more fun-related forms for girls and in more exercise-related forms for boys. The proportions of these two preferred profiles of PE classes should turn across adolescence, increasing exercise-related forms and decreasing those fun-related ones.</p>