An assessment of attitude change in preservice physical education majors after exposure to movement education.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of exposure before and after the 16-week course, Skills and Techniques of Movement, Exercise, and Fitness on preservice physical education majors' attitudes toward participation in movement education. A secondary objective was to determine if such demographics as age, gender, religious affiliation, high school graduating class size, college G. P. A., and year in college were related to potential shifts in subject attitude domains. The statistical analyses indicated that exposure produced positive attitudinal shifts for subjects receiving the treatment. Thus, considering the findings and within the limitations established for this study, strong affirmational evidence is offered with respect to the effectiveness of exposure in fostering positive attitude shifts in preservice physical education majors' attitudes toward participation and future utilization of movement education curricula.