Master thesis deals with the material conditions for teaching sports in the first and second triad in the primary schools in Ljubljana and its surroundings. The purpose of this master thesis is to show how appropriate material conditions affect the quality of the sports subject in schools whereas they provide the right conditions for learning as well as teaching the subject at hand. Theoretical part presents the role of sports in the educational process where the influence of sports can be felt throughout the whole development of every individual student. The detailed demands have been presented as well as the minimal technical conditions for exercising, and the equipment for successful learning environment in primary schools. The research shows how financing and maintenance of school facilities is mostly the cause for such discrepancies in material conditions of school facilities whereas safety is the priority when it comes to teaching sports. In the end, the master thesis offers some suggestions for improvement of school sports facilities. The thesis includes the research where 56 primary teachers answered the questions regarding material conditions for the first questionnaire and the second questionnaire was aimed at 156 primary teachers' satisfaction, from Ljubljana and the surrounding primary schools, with the previously mentioned conditions. Every primary teacher who was teaching in 2016/ 2017 in the first or the second triad, had to answer the questions from the questionnaire. The purpose of that was to find out if the supports subject is conducted in the appropriate facilities, if the lighting is taken care of, airing as well as safety, what are the hygiene conditions, if the equipments meets the minimal standards and if there are big differences between the primary schools in Ljubljana and those outside the ring. The final results show that the material conditions for teaching sports in the first and second triad in primary schools in Ljubljana and its surroundings, meet the standards. The lessons are conducted in the appropriate facilities which size fits the number of students, they are suitably aired as well as lit. The hygiene conditions for the students are mostly appropriate since the students can wash themselves however, inappropriate for changing. Moreover, the teachers believe the hygiene conditions are acceptable for washing as well as for changing. Students as well as teacher, they both change into their sports clothes. Most of the primary schools in Ljubljana, as well as its surrounding schools, do not meet the norm in regards to having enough sports equipment. There is no drastic difference in the satisfaction of material conditions among teachers of different ages, teaching the first and the second triad, nor among those teaching in the primary schools in Ljubljana or the ones from the surrounding schools.
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