Cultural, recreational and sports activities and how they affect the quality of school life

Abstract

The study aims at identifying how cultural, recreational and sports activities within the school environment can influence the quality of school life for students of secondary education. The research problem is centered on finding out to what extent such activities can improve the quality of school life for secondary school students of both sexes, within the school context. The researchers relied on a descriptive approach. They selected the sample of the study from secondary school students. The sample consisted of 84 male and female students representing the students practicing relative school activities. The number of practicing students was 40, while non-practicing were 44. The researchers designed a measure for the actual practicing of school activities and another for the quality of school life. The researchers then applied the two measures to find out to what extent such activities (cultural, entertainment and sports) relate to improvement of the quality of school life. In addition, the actual practicing of activities and their relation to the quality of school life for students were presented, discussed and analyzed. The researchers then extracted the mathematical values, values of standard deviations, correlations and differences in quality of life measurement between practitioners and non-practitioners of activities. Finally, they presented, analyzed and discussed the results, and provided a number of conclusions and recommendations.