Effective Physical Education Spaces on Students academic vitality from the View of Teachers and Primary School Students

The main purpose of this mixed study was to determine the role of physical spaces affecting the academic vitality of students from the perspective of teachers and to examine the attitudes of elementary school students towards it. In part qualitative, the research method was descriptive phenomenology. Participants in this section were experienced and knowledgeable teachers who were selected using of the case critical method (13 teachers). . The data collection method was semi-structured in-depth interview. Using the themes analysis method, 22 basic themes (color, curtain, layout, shape and size of the class ...) and 4 organizing themes (visual stimuli, class physics, outdoor space and equipment) and a comprehensive theme were extracted from the interviews in the section. Quantitatively, the research was conducted in a descriptive survey method. The statistical population was all elementary school students in Shiraz, from which 192 people were selected by random cluster sampling and were evaluated using a 16-item researcher-made questionnaire obtained from the qualitative part of the study. The validity of the questionnaire was assessed by content validity method and the correlation of items with the total score and reliability was obtained by Cronbach's alpha method. The findings of statistical analysis by one sample t-test and independent sample t-test indicated that students' perception about different aspects of academic vitality was significantly below the acceptable range( p=0/001). In relation to the effect of educational physical space and regarding two physical and visual stimuli variables on academic vitality, there also was a significant difference on the part of girls(p=0/04)which in its turn indicates that in comparison with boys, girls are more under the influence of educational physical space. Paying attention to implementing an appropriate and happy educational physical space for creating efficient learning and academic vitality among the students is of crucial importance.