Discipline in the classes on physical education and sport

The aim of this research is to study the attitude of high-school students from Bulgarian secondary education institutions (VIII, IX, X and XI class) in regard the discipline during the physical education and sport classes. We expect the results from this study to provide us information about the students’ discipline during classes from their own perspective. Object of the study is the opinion of 205 students from 5 schools in Sofia, Bulgaria. The average age of the respondents was 16 years while the distribution by gender was almost equal. For the achievement of the aim and for collection of empirical data on the issue were elaborated questionnaires and inqiry forms for the students. The collected data was processed using mathematical and statistical methods for quantitative processing and analysis: frequency and variation analysis as per approved statistical procedure – by applying the SPSS 21 for Windows statistical program. The achievement of good discipline during classes depends on the professional skills of the sport pedagogues, it depends also on the students and indirectly on their parents. The students, responding to the inquiry assessed the role of their teachers in physical education and sport for maintaining the discipline during the classes using the evaluation scale applied in the Bulgarian educational system (from 2 to 6). The average score at n=187 was calculated to Excellent 5.63 (Min=3, Max=6). An important condition for ensuring a good discipline is to organise the learning lesson in a diverse, dynamic and interesting way, which proves once again the inter-relation between education and training.