Comparation of mobility skills of pupils of Romany and Non-Romany ethnicity Cover Image

Porovnání úrovně motorických schopností romských a neromských žáků
Comparation of mobility skills of pupils of Romany and Non-Romany ethnicity

Author(s): Klára Růžičková, Michaela Matochová, Ondřej Ješina
Subject(s): School education, Evaluation research, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Sports Studies
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: mobility skills; pupils at age 9-13 year; Romany ethnicity;

Summary/Abstract: Physical activity represents such actions, in which people more or less freely participate, express themselves, learn and verify their knowledge, skills and ideas. The aim is to analyse and describe mobility skills selected pupils of Romany ethnicity at age 9-13 years. We utilize a combination of two standardised test battery EUROFIT and UNIFIT (Měkota & Kovář, 1996) to test other capabilities. Research investigation involving a total of 263 obtained from basic schools from Přerov, Břeclav, Vsetín and Ostrava. 118 of them can be classified among the pupils of Romany ethnicity, of which 28 were boys and 90 girls. The pupils attended the 145-Nonromanies. This sample is 99 boys and 46girls..

  • Issue Year: 4/2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 5-14
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Czech