Examining the attitude and understanding of students' feelings towards the lesson of physical education using image design

The picture are a stronger tool of expression and reflection than the sentences that children try to express with words The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the perceptions of male students in the age group of 10 to 12 years regarding physical education lessons through the pictures they draw.

The statistical population in this study was the students of the second year of elementary school who studied in five schools of Sari city in Mazandaran province. The subjects of the research include 345 male students aged 10 to 12, who were selected by purposeful sampling. Document analysis technique, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was used in this research.

According to the findings, it was found that there are nine subjects in the painted pictures. The research data were analyzed by considering the frequency and percentage of each subject in the images and then tabulated. As a result of the research of students' physical education lessons, a small number of sports disciplines are repeated continuously.

Finally, the visual designs of students' children are a manifestation through which researchers and teachers will be able to follow the process of understanding the concept of physical education among students. Considering the educational implications, the presented results may pave the way for considering children's drawings as a useful resource in evaluating their conceptual development.