Building a Scale of Motivation to Participate in Sports and Scouting Competitions for Physical Education Teachers in Babylon Governorate

Abstract

The importance of the research lies in building a measure of motivation to participate in sports and scouting competitions for teachers of sports education in Babylon governorate and to identify the motivation to participate in sports and scouting competitions, as well as to identify the differences in the participation motivation by gender of physical education teachers in Babil governorate.            As for the research problem, the researcher sees through his work as a teacher specializing in physical education in a school in Babylon governorate the weakness of the motivation to participate in sports and scouting competitions among some teachers as a result of teachers' lack of interest in these competitions by those in charge of sports despite considering it the basic building block for improving the level of sports, through the researcher's review of previous studies, he did not find a study targeting or interested in the teachers' segment and the extent to which he shed light on the posts as a matter of honor and praise and praise for the great role and efforts made by teachers to do their best efforts to upgrade their teams and raise the name of their schools in scouting competitions and participations. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to motivation and highlight the light towards this important segment is an appreciation for their efforts exerted and for the presence of talents that must be shown through achieving the motivation to participate in sports and scouting competitions.            While the objectives of the research were: Building a measure of motivation to participate in sports and scouting competitions for teachers of sports education in Babylon governorate and to identify the motivation to participate in sports and scouting competitions, as well as to identify the differences in the participation motivation by gender for physical education teachers in Babylon governorate.             As for the research hypotheses, it is: There are differences in the motivation to participate in sports and scouting competitions for physical education teachers in Babylon governorate according to gender. While the researcher used the descriptive approach in the survey method, correlational relations and comparative studies as a research methodology, the research community and its sample consisted of physical education teachers in Babylon Governorate.