10-11 classes students and physical education teachers subjective opinions about their physical education lessons modernity

Aim. Research aim was to reveal the subjective opinions of Physical Education teachers and students in higher grades on the realities of modern Physical Education classes. Material and Methods. The sample included Physical Education teachers (n = 33) and 10-11th grade students (n = 324) who were selected applying the convenience sampling strategy from Kaunas city schools. The research employed a questionnaire by Pate, Corbin & Pangrazi (1998), and some more questions of interest to the researchers were added. Results. According to the survey data, students' opinions on the given question mostly differed from teachers' notion. However, the statistical analysis of the obtained data suggested that there is a certain tendency which may be considered in Physical Education lesson planning. Conclusions. Physical Education teachers tend to subjectively better assess the modern realities of the Physical Education classes than students. In particular, it refers to the satisfaction of students, diversity of content, modern teacher personality traits and school disciplinary measures for students. However, an observed trend implies the improvement of evaluation criteria corresponding to modern lesson recommendations.