The conceptualization of student's sports participation in extracurricular activities of schools in Iran

Today, our students most of all need an environment full of flexibility and freedom of action that extracurriculars can provide in environment. The purpose of this reshearch was conceptualization of student's sport participation in extracurricular activities of schools in Iran. The researcher collected data through in-depth interviews using purposeful sampling and snowball sampling technique. Then, data from interviews, articles, physical education guidelines, books, and clips related to the triangulation technique through the method and data, were collected and analyzed and coded using the data-theoretic approach of Charmes. The code grouping results showed four main components and eleven sub- components at three levels of input, process and output. Based on this, it can be said that the elements of sport participation at the process stage, including students and trainers, along with stimuli and inhibitors, have the main role to play in the extracurriculars. Areas of education, including: cognitive, skill, and attitudinal, in which teachers act as transmitters and students as recipients, are crucial in the process of student participation in sports. Given the consequences of sport participation at the output stage, it can be acknowledged that over time these outputs improve student sports participation.Accelerators such as partnerships with stakeholders, political contexts, supportive and encouraging resources, and financial resources are also involved in accelerating student sports participation; this research can serve as an analytical tool for student sports participation in Iran-based school curricula. To be.