Comparative Study of Attitudes of Secondary School Indian Students and Thailand Students towards Physical Education.

Abstract

In this paper, the effort is made to make a comparison of attitude of secondary school students of India and Thailand towards physical education. It was decided to find out their opinion through a WEAR ATTITUDE INVENTORY EQUIVALENT FORM-A QUESTIONNAIRE for the study of physical education attitude scales. It was hypothesized that the participants (secondary school students) of India and Thailand have a positive attitude towards Physical education. The study was restricted to the participants of secondary school Students of India and Thailand. The investigator administered the questionnaire which consists of 30 questions on the attitude towards Physical education. The questionnaire consists of both negative and positive questions. The answer was to be given in 5 point scale. SA, A, UD, D, SD. In total, 300 students (150 + 150) were selected from both countries on at random basis. In order to compare the subjects of India and Thailand, ‘T’ Test was employed and the level of significance was set at 0.05. From the result of the study it was clearly visible that there is no significant difference in the opinion of Indian and Thailand students towards Physical education. Students of both countries have a positive view towards Physical education.