Abstract:

The connection between the education that children receive in schools and daily life necessities prepares them for life. This bond can only be formed when different disciplines can work together. One of the most suitable courses for interdisciplinary studies is physical education and sports. In this study, in which the effect of interdisciplinary teaching approach in physical education and sports lessons on 'strength and movement' unit knowledge and attitude achievements and permanence was examined, an experimental model with a control group was used. 60 6th-grade students enrolled in a state middle school in Istanbul voluntarily participated in the research. Before the application, the students were assigned to the experimental and control groups by way of unbiased assignment. A parent consent form was obtained from the parents of the students. At the beginning of the research, Science achievement test, Physical Education and Sports attitude scale and Science attitude scale were applied to the students. The experimental group continued their lessons with the Physical Education lesson program prepared with an interdisciplinary approach, while the control group continued their lessons with the traditional method. After 6 weeks of study, students were given post-tests, and after 4 weeks, retention tests were administered. In order to test whether the score increases of the groups were different after the studies, the t-test was used in the dependent groups in the group comparisons, and the t-test was used in the comparisons between the groups in the groups independent of the parametric hypothesis tests. The results of our study showed that there was an increase in the attitude scores of physical education and sports lessons, science achievement test scores and science achievement test retention scores of the experimental group compared to the control group, but there was no increase in the science lesson attitude scores compared to the control group.

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