Study regarding the interest of physical education students for college during the pandemic

Abstract

The pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus has affected Romania since March 2020 and impacted students and teachers as well, classes being held online or in a hybrid form. The objective of the study is to highlight the impact of online classes on physical education students. We designed Google forms in order to gather as much information as possible from 203 students, most of them from the “George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology in Târgu Mureș and the “Babeș Bolyai” University in Cluj Napoca. The questions were aimed at collecting information from three main points of view, namely students’ readiness for online learning, students’ interest for college and the teaching methods used during this period. After processing the data, we found that 128 (63%) of students believed that their readiness for online learning was an advantage, and out of the 203 students, 113 (55%) confirmed that their interest for college decreased during the pandemic. The main teaching method consisted of PPT presentations, and for the practical part, homework assignments and projects were used. In conclusion, students’ interest in online learning declined during the pandemic, and this result was checked with control questions that provided more valid information.