Sport and physical activity, motivation and barrier among primary and secondary students in Sri Jubli International School at Kluang

Abstract

This study aimed to study the motivation and barrier in sport and physical activity among primary and secondary students from one and only private international school in Kluang which is Sri Jubli International School. In addition, the study also investigates gender differences between motivation and barrier among primary and secondary students in Sri Jubli International school at Kluang. The respondent of this study consists of 98 students from Year 1 to Year 6 from primary school and Form 1 to Form 5 students from secondary school. The data for this study collected from the questionnaire that send via WhatsApp in a form of google form. The findings of this study revealed that the motivation and barrier to help the school management to promote the important of sport and physical activity by investigating the main reason of the respondent in participate to do sport and physical activity. The result also revealed that most significant of the challenges face by the respondents in engage to do sport and physical activity. Therefore, in the future the school management can helps the students to cope the challenges their faces to do sport and physical activity.