Sport education and extracurricular sport participation: An examination using the trans-contextual model of motivation

Abstract

In this study, we used, the trans-contextual model of motivation (TCM) to examine the effect, of Sport Education. (SE) on students' participation in a voluntary lunch recess sport club. A total of 192 participants (ages 9-14 years) completed measures of the TCM constructs before and. after a 12-week SE intervention period. Participants had the opportunity to participate in weekly, voluntary lunch recess sport club sessions during the intervention period. SE elicited, a moderate increase in autonomous motives in physical education. The TCM accounted, for a significant proportion of the explained variance in lunch recess sport club intention and participation. Autonomy-supportive curricular models, such as SE, may have the potential to facilitate transfer of motivation and participation in physical activity from a physical education to an extracurricular context. © 2010 by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.