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Harry Loughran

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The main aim of this investigation was to establish whether a correlation exists between a child’s level of participation in extra-curricular activities and the characteristics of their class teacher. The study was conducted using one hundred and sixty-five primary 7 children and eight teachers from primary schools across Northern Ireland. The children are aged 130.6 (+ 3.0) months which is equivalent to 10.9 years; the teachers are aged 40.4 (+ 9.6). Questionnaires were issued to the children in order to gather information as to the amount, type and duration of the extra-curricular activities completed each week. Furthermore a set of questionnaires were completed by each class teacher which detailed their characteristics such as their experience, gender, subject specialism, personal activity choices and extra-curricular activities which they led. All results were then analysed using Microsoft excel in order to draw conclusions as to whether any correlation occurred. The study revealed mixed results, concluding that several teacher characteristics indicated a correlation with participation in active extra-curricular activities while other teacher characteristics displayed no evidence of any correlation with extra-curricular activities

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