Identify the Place of Education in the Process of People's Tendency towards Sport for All

Abstract

Background & objectives: Sports for all is kind of physical activity which improve physical, mental and social abilities. The purpose of this study was to identify the place of education in the process of people's tendency towards sport for all. Methods: This research was descriptive and applied (in terms of purpose). The statistical population was all professors and specialists in sports management, managers of federations, general managers of sports and youth of the provinces and senior experts of the Ministry of Sports and Youth (N=343). By stratified random sampling method and based on Morgan table, 181 people were selected as sample, among them 135 sample had analyzable questionnaires. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire that its reliability was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha test (α=0.83). Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (frequency, frequency percentage, mean) and inferential statistics (Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests, one-sample t-test and Friedman test) in SPSS software version 23. Results: The results showed that the variables of awareness ( p =0.01, t=20.03), attractiveness ( p =0.01, t=61.77), belonging ( p =0.01, t=17.21), loyalty ( p =0.01, t=22.36) and education ( p =0.01, t=36.69) had significant roles in people's tendency to sports for all. It was found that the factors affecting people's tendency to sports for all, included the component of attractiveness (average rank: 4.43), education (average rank: 3.00), loyalty (average rank: 2.91), belonging (average rank: 2.41) and awareness (average rating: 2.26), respectively. In addition, it was found that with the increased level of education, the position of education in the tendency of people to public sports decreased. Conclusion: Due to the role of education in the tendency of people to sports for all, it is suggested that the country's sports for all authorities to provide a platform for sports for all education for different segments of society by producing educational programs in media and employing sports coaches for neighborhoods.