Views of Unilorin female students on misconceptions of women choosing Human Kinetics as a career

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dc.contributor.authorAdebayo, Babatunde Samson
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-26T12:20:20Z
dc.date.available2023-06-26T12:20:20Z
dc.date.issued2017-03
dc.description.abstractThe study examined the views of University of Ilorin female students on misconception of women choosing Human Kinetics as a career in. Descriptive research design of survey type was used for the study. The population for the study made up of all the 225 female students in Human kinetics Education. Simple random sampling was used to select 180 students. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency and percentages for demographic and inferential statistics of Chi-Square (X2) for testing the formulated hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The study revealed that Unilorin female students’ view on misconception of women choosing Human Kinetics as a career was significant with the believe that participating in sports have adverse effects on their body shape. (X2 = 67.9 > 16.92;p=0.05), also Unilorin female students’ view on misconception of women choosing Human Kinetics as a career was significant due to the believe that the profession offers poor future prospects. (X2 = 253.1 > 16.92;p=0.05), further the female students’ view on misconception of women choosing Human Kinetics as a career was significant because theya greed that women have lesser career opportunities when compared with their male counterparts. (X2 = 47.8 > 16.92;p=0.05), the female students’ view on misconception of women choosing Human Kinetics as a career was significant owing to the believe that participating in sports would have adverse effects on their fertility. (X2 = 128.4 > 16.92;p=0.05) and they also agreed that the public perceive them to be promiscuous. (X2 = 229.1 > 16.92;p=0.05). This study concluded that Unilorin female students’ view on misconception of women choosing Human Kinetics as a career was significant with the believe that participating in sports would have adverse effects on their body shape and fertility while they believed that the profession offers poor future prospects and public see them as being promiscuous. It was therefore recommended that women who choose Human Kinetics as a career should plan their pattern of participation in sports in a way that it will not affect their body shape and fertility. Also, sports organizations should be sensitized to address gender balance in their recruitment exercise so as to boost the prospects of women that want to build career in Human Kinetics. More so, Women that have chosen Human Kinetics as a career should be re-orientated that they have equal career opportunities compared to their male counterparts while the public should be sensitized to change their negative perception about women in Human Kinetics profession as being promiscuous.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1116 0381
dc.identifier.issn1116 0381
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/11324
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Nigeriaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNigerian Journal of Educational Foundations;16 (1)
dc.subjectUnilorin female students, misconception, Human Kinetics, careeren_US
dc.titleViews of Unilorin female students on misconceptions of women choosing Human Kinetics as a careeren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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