Does it matter the type and nature of sports and games on developing students’ sense of belonging at school?
| dc.contributor.author | Makwinya, Noel M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-27T06:40:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-27T06:40:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-10 | |
| dc.description | Main article | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Children’s participation in extracurricular activities is associated with numerous positive outcomes, including fostering students’ sense of belongingness. The objectives of this study were firstly, to investigate the role nature of sports/games can play in influencing students’ sense of feeling part of the playing-teams; secondly to investigate whether presence of local-based and context-specific games in school can improve general sense of relatedness among students. Using 103 sixth-primary school graders, in a pretest-posttest design, results showed that relatedness among students improved when students were given chances to play context-specific games. Following these results, teachers and other educational practitioners are recommended to allow school-children to play African-based games together with those innovated outside Africa. Since context-specific sports improved students’ sense of belonging, in a long-run, it is expected that this will help to improve students’ daily school attendance. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2201-6740 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5111 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | International Journal of Education and Research | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Vol. 2 No. 10; | |
| dc.subject | Primary school students | en_US |
| dc.subject | Games | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sports | en_US |
| dc.subject | Belongingness | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.title | Does it matter the type and nature of sports and games on developing students’ sense of belonging at school? | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.url | www.ijern.com | en_US |