Life skills acquired through swimming context in relation to students’ academic achievement
Other Title(s)
المهارات الحياتية المكتسبة من خلال مساقات السباحة و علاقتها بالتحصيل الأكاديمي
Joint Authors
Urabi, Samirah M.
al-Bayat, Manal Muwaffaq
al-Tayyib, Muhammad Abu H.
Source
Dirasat : Educational Sciences
Issue
Vol. 47, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2020), pp.559-566, 8 p.
Publisher
University of Jordan Deanship of Academic Research (DAR)
Publication Date
2020-03-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Sports sciences and physical education
Abstract EN
This study aims to investigate the relation between life skills acquired through swimming context and students’ academic achievement.
the population of this study were students who attended one of the three levels of the swimming courses in the school of physical education /university of Jordan (n= 259).
study sample consisted of 211 students distributed into basic, intermediate, and advanced swimming courses (n=109, 73, 29) respectively.
“life skills through swimming context scale” was used to collect the life skills required data, in addition to the students’ academic achievement throughout the different swimming courses.
percentages, means and standard deviation were used to describe the collected data.
results of the study show that the sample of the study had acquired life skills through swimming context on a high-level scale.
taking responsibility was the most important life skill learned through the swimming context (88%), followed by communication and selfconfidence / self-esteem (86%), teamwork (85%) and finally problem-solving (80%).
furthermore, significant differences occurred in students’ academic achievement according to the swimming course level in favor of the advanced level students.
we found a significant relation between acquired life skills and the students’ academic achievement of all group sample.
in conclusion, students’ academic achievement level positively reflected the life skills they acquired through the swimming context.
vice versa, life skills can play an important role in the promotion of mental well- being as well as academic achievement.
therefore, it is important to design comprehensive life skills-based study plans in different sport fields to enhance students’ life skills through sport participation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Urabi, Samirah M.& al-Bayat, Manal Muwaffaq& al-Tayyib, Muhammad Abu H.. 2020. Life skills acquired through swimming context in relation to students’ academic achievement. Dirasat : Educational Sciences،Vol. 47, no. 1, pp.559-566.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1280877
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Urabi, Samirah M.…[et al.]. Life skills acquired through swimming context in relation to students’ academic achievement. Dirasat : Educational Sciences Vol. 47, no. 1 (2020), pp.559-566.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1280877
American Medical Association (AMA)
Urabi, Samirah M.& al-Bayat, Manal Muwaffaq& al-Tayyib, Muhammad Abu H.. Life skills acquired through swimming context in relation to students’ academic achievement. Dirasat : Educational Sciences. 2020. Vol. 47, no. 1, pp.559-566.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1280877
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Record ID
BIM-1280877