This investigation was to provide basic data for the promotion of Elementary physical education by analyzing the effect of extracurricular spots activities on physical self-concept and internal motivation of physical education for Elementary School students.
To this end, questionnaire was distributed to 841 students sampled from K, O Elementary Schools in B Metropolitan city, to collect data for the level of self-concept (Kim Byung-june) and internal motivation and its analysis. And for the statistical analysis of the data, SPSS-PC Win 12.0 statistical program was employed and the findings are follows:
1) As for the physical self-concept by gender of the participants in extracurricular sports activity, boys appeared to have higher level of awareness than girls in the factors of sports capability, physical appearance, health, physical activity, stamina and other general physical factors.
2) And those participants in ball games or/and competing games showed higher level of awareness than the those who did not participate, in the factors of sport capability, physical appearance, health, physical activity, self-respect, physical flexibility, stamina, physical strength, and other general physical factors.
3) As for the self-concept by the frequency of the participants, the more they participated, the higher awareness they showed in the factors of sports capability, physical appearance, physical activity, self-respect, physical flexibility, stamina, physical strength and other general physical factor.
4) As for the internal motivation by gender of the participants, boys showed higher awareness than girls in the factors of effort for interest and sports capability.
5) As for the internal motivation of the participants, it was in the factors of effort for interest and physical capability that the participant in ball games or/and competing games showed higher motivation than those who did not participate in the games.
6) And for the internal motivation of physical education by the frequency of their participation in the sports activities, the higher the frequency, the higher the internal motivation of the participants became in the factors of effort for interest and physical capability.
※ Key Words : extracurricular spots activities, physical self-concept, internal motivation of physical education