The attitudes of Belgrade University students towards sport

Abstract

Sport had been a compulsory subject in the first year of study until the 1998 University Act when this practice was abandoned. Considering the Strategy for Sport Development in the Republic of Serbia for the period 2009 - 2013 we decided to examine the attitudes and activities of the students related to sport in order to determine whether they need organized sport activities and whether University should participate more actively in physical education of students. We conducted a survey by which we examined how much students are informed about sport in the University, their engagement in sport activities, their attitudes towards sport in the University, and their beliefs regarding the influence of sport on student life. The results show that the students value highly sport activities, that they engage in sport and that they expect full support of the University for the development of sport culture through providing sport facilities and encouraging sportsmanship among students. So, there is a need for relevant authorities to plan strategic support for sportsmanship of students and the participation of the University in physical education of students.

Sport je bio obavezan predmet na prvoj godini fakultetskih studija do 1998. godine kada je takva praksa ukinuta Zakonom o univerzitetima. S obzirom na Strategiju razvoja sporta u Republici Srbiji za period od 2009. do 2013. godine, odlučili smo da ispitamo stavove i ponašanja beogradskih studenata povezane sa sportom i utvrdimo da li postoji potreba kod studenata za organizovanim bavljenjem sportom i aktivnijim učešćem univerziteta u fizičkom vaspitanju studenata. Sproveli smo istraživanje anketiranjem u kojem smo ispitali informisanost studenata o stanju sporta na univerzitetima u Beogradu, njihovo sportsko ponašanje, njihove stavove o sportu na univerzitetu, te uverenja o uticaju sporta na studentski život. Rezultati upitnika govore da studenti visoko vrednuju sportske aktivnosti, da su sportski aktivni i da očekuju punu podršku univerziteta u razvoju sportske kulture kroz izgradnju sportskih objekata i stimulisanje sportskog ponašanja studenata. Dakle, postoji potreba da se nadležne strukture usmere u pravcu strateške podrške sportskog ponašanja studenata i učešća univerziteta u fizičkom vaspitanju studenata.