Abstract

Innate physical powers are described as natural principles of physical activity, physical health, physical development, and physical capacity and as concrete their (self) developed level. Empirical researches estimated that physical activity of young adolescents is insufficient, organism’s functional and physical capacities have a tendency to decline as well as state of their health. One of the most important external factors influencing the development of human’s innate powers, are educational forces including knowledge as one of the components. The aim of the research was to evaluate the education knowledge of innate physical powers of young adolescents who attend non-formal physical education and who do not participate in it. Six comprehensive schools from various Lithuanian districts and of cities of different population size – Vilnius, Klaipėda, Alytus, Šilutė, Gargždai – participated in this research. 669 young adolescents were questioned by using the method of anonymous questionnaire survey. 42.6℅ fifth graders and 57.4℅ sixth graders were questioned. On the sex aspect respondents’ numbers were similar: 52.3℅ of boys and 47.7℅ of girls. The methods of scientific methodical literature analysis, questionnaire survey, statistical analysis were applied for the research. Performing the questionnaire survey, the four types of questionnaires were formulated: 1) for the pupils who do not participate in non-formal physical education (NFPE), 2) for those who take part in non-formal education: 2.1) in the schools of general education; 2.2) in the schools of non-formal children education; 2.3) in the schools of both general education and non-formal children education. When analyzing research data, descriptive and analytic (chi-square test, Anova Test) statistics methods were applied. Data analyzed with SPSS program (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences), version 20.0. The indicators of young adolescents opinions about their health revealed that pupils who attend non-formal education in various schools of nonformal education, and those who participate in nonformal education in general education schools and other non-formal education schools, think of being healthier than pupils who do not take part in this activity and who take part in non-formal education only in general school (χ2 = 29.073 p = 0.001). The analysis of 5-6’th grades pupils theoretical knowledge of innate physical powers development revealed that young adolescents do not know the recommended standards of physical activity which helps to strengthen and to preserve the health. The most part of the young adolescents know the positive influence of physical activity (75.8%) and healthy nutrition (78.6%) on their health and the opportunity to increase their physical power by physical activity (85.7%). 82.8 percent of respondents who do not participate in non-formal education accept the benefit for health of physical activity, however this part of respondents is less statistically significant (χ2 = 13.758, p = 0.032) in comparison with the pupils participating in organized physical education lessons after the school. Only the third of young adolescents learns about the strengthening and preserving their health from the teachers, therefore the assumption may be done, that teachers devote insufficient attention to this subject. The biggest part of the respondents (85.7%) correctly indicated that physically weak pupil needs to move and to do sports much more. There were less statistically significant (χ2 = 20.32, p = 0.016) amount of pupils considering the influence of physical activity for physical fitness but not participating in non-formal education than compared with the amount of pupils participating in this activity. The part (15.0%) of the young adolescents thinks that positive changes of the physical fitness can be pursued by using medicine. Verf.-Referat