Promotion of the Motoric Activities and Sports in and Out of School

Abstract

Motions as well as the motoric and sportive activities constitute the key of success for a physically and psychologically healthy society. The reasons behind this study consist in addressing the children’s need to move and deal with various motoric and sportive activities, on one hand, and the issues related to their sedentary life, standing in front of the TV and/or computer for hours on end, unhealthy nurturing, the lack of the proper infrastructure for sports activities, underestimation of the physical culture classes by the teachers, school directors and by other institutions of the state, on the other. In these terms, the aim of this study is promotion of the motoric and sportive activities in schools, not only during the physical education classes but even in the free and leisure time, by offering a suitable model for our conditions while compared to that of the developed European countries suchlike the “school on the move” programme. Subjects of the study are the 4-5 grades students and teachers in the Elbasan Town 9-year schools. The prevailing study methods are research, observation and sampling. Results drawn from this study have become object of discussion among school communities, teachers of physical education as well as the students of the respective profile at the Faculty of the Education Sciences, Elbasan University “Aleksander Xhuvani”.

DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2014.v4n4p348