The Teacher as a Factor of Improving the Effects of Physical Education Classes Among Younger School Age Children

The aim of this research was to present the effects of an experimental program including physical education classes among children aged 10-11. The experimental treatment lasted from March 1, 2010 to March 1, 2011, was realized in 16 elementary schools in the Republic of Srpska/B-H, and included the volunteer work of 20 physical education professors with no previous work experience with fourth and fifth grade students, that is, teachers, who in accordance with the law carry out the prescribed work with the aforementioned age group. The program included 1558 male and female students from city and suburb areas, 1213 of whom made up the experimental, and 345 the control group.