Back at Kasoa school today and this time I spent the day questioning students on their thoughts on Physical Education and Sport as part of my dissertation research. In general the findings showed that Omega schools only offer football to the children on a Friday afternoon. And although following their World Cup success football is very popular, many children felt their school should have more choices, including; basketball, netball, volleyball and athletics.
The children also all agree that sport is important in life, mainly because it is good for your health. Considering Britains high child obesity rates, I wonder if asked the same question kids in Britain would rate sport as highly in life? The majority of children interviewed also played sport outside of school at the local park/field, again mainly football, but it was great to see so many of them spending their free time outside exercising rather than inside watching tv and/or playing the latest playstation, xbox or computer game. Having less technology clearly allows children in Ghana to enjoy the weather and the fresh air, keeps them healthy and keeps them happy (perhaps technology should be limited in Britain to try and get the ‘playstation generation’ outside!)
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