Everyday Physical Education: Functional and Dysfunctional Consequences in Hungarian Public Education

• Authors: Ảgnes Vamos , Tamas Doczi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In Participation in physical education is considered to be a fundamental right of pupils all over the world. In Hungary, where the rich elite sports traditions of the country are paralleled by the population’s moderate physical activity, the challenge posed by non-communicable diseases and growing obesity figures among youth was addressed by the introduction of daily P.E. in public education starting in the 2012/13 academic year. The objective of the present paper is to discuss, based on empirical research, the intended and unintended consequences of this measure in an educational and social context using the qualitative analysis of the views of key stakeholders and the quantitative analysis of statistical data on the infrastructural and personal conditions of P.E. The results indicate that neither before nor after the enforcement of the Act on Public Education were the infrastructural and personal conditions of daily P.E. created and, in addition to the intended consequences, a number of unintended consequences have also been encountered by various stakeholders. The study can also be regarded as an attempt to reveal these dysfunctions in order to contribute to positive changes in the area.

Keywords

EN

physical education; Hungary,public education

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 67
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 20-30

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2015

accepted

1 - 10 - 2015

received

18 - 8 - 2015

online

26 - 11 - 2015

Contributors

author

Ảgnes Vamos

• Institute of Education, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary Budapest 1075 Kazinczy Street 23-27, Hungary
• conception and design of the study
• acquisition of data
• analysis and interpretation of data
• manuscript preparation
• obtaining funding

author

Tamas Doczi

• University of Physical Education, Hungary
• conception and design of the study
• acquisition of data
• analysis and interpretation of data
• manuscript preparation
• obtaining funding

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/pcssr-2015-0020