Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention program aimed to develop fair play behaviours in a school Olympic Education program. One hundred and twenty six, 5th-grade students from 4 elementary schools participated in this study, 66 of which were in the experimental group and 60 in the control group. The results revealed significant improvement in the reported fair play behaviours, classroom support and autonomy, orientation toward play and intrinsic motivation of the intervention group. Follow-up assessment revealed that the effects were maintained two months after the end of the program. Overall, it appears that the fair play intervention had immediate and sustained effects on students. The results suggest that programs based on sound theoretical principles can be effective in promoting students’ sociomoral development.
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Le propos de cette étude était d’évaluer l’efficacité d’un programme intervenant orienté au développe de comportements caractérisés comme “fair play”. Le project a été employé pendant le cours de l’ “Education Olympique”, sur des élèves de la 5ème classe (âge moyen de 11 ans) dans 4 écoles élémentaires grecques. Soixantesix élèves constituaient l’échantillon expérimental de l’enquête, ainsi soixante autres élèves constituaient l’échantillon de contrôle. Les résultats de l’étude confirment que l’intégration d’un programme “fair play” dans le programme conventionnel d’éducation conduit à l’amélioration importante du comportement des élèves, de leur soutenance en classe et leur autonomie, ainsi que de leur orientation au jeu et de leur motivation intrinsèque dans l’équipe d’intervention. La répétition de la procédure d’évaluation deux mois après la fin du programme (follow-up) a vérifié que ces résultats bénéficiaires au comportement présentent aussi de la durée. En concluant, les comportements sociaux et moraux des élèves peuvent s’améliorer, en désignant un tel programme basé sur des principes théoriques profonds.
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Hassandra, M., Goudas, M., Hatzigeorgiadis, A. et al. A fair play intervention program in school Olympic education. Eur J Psychol Educ 22, 99–114 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03173516
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