Examining secondary school students` metaphor perceptions of the concept of physical education lesson

Authors : Onur KOKSAL, Alpaslan GORUCU

Pages : 105-113

Doi:10.15314/tjse.21001

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Publication Date : 2015-07-02

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :The purpose of the present research is examining secondary school 7 th grade students` perceptions of the concept of physical education lesson through metaphors. The present research also tested whether the metaphors produced by the students differ according to gender. The research was conducted on 393 students who study in 7 th  grade at three different public secondary schools in the province of Konya in 2014-2015 academic year, fall semester. According to the findings obtained in the research, the students produced 45 different metaphors related to the concept of physical education lesson. These metaphors produced by students under 4 conceptual categories. There wasn`t a statistically significant difference between the conceptual categories according to gender. In accordance with the findings obtained in the present research, metaphor method can be used as an important data collection method in order to understand and explain the secondary school 7 th grade students` perceptions of the concept of physical education. 
Keywords : Concept, metaphor, metaphor perceptions, physical education lesson, secondary school