Does it matter the type and nature of sports and games on developing students’ sense of belonging at school?

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dc.creatorMakwinya, Noel M.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-27T06:40:45Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-05T07:09:33Z
dc.date.available2023-03-27T06:40:45Z
dc.date.created2023-03-27T06:40:45Z
dc.date.issued2014-10
dc.description.abstractChildren’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.
dc.identifier2201-6740
dc.identifierhttp://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5111
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.costech.or.tz/handle/20.500.14732/95997
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Education and Research
dc.relationVol. 2 No. 10;
dc.subjectPrimary school students
dc.subjectGames
dc.subjectSports
dc.subjectBelongingness
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.titleDoes it matter the type and nature of sports and games on developing students’ sense of belonging at school?
dc.typeArticle

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