Sportsmanship as an Ethical Value

Abstract

This paper attempts to find what place sportsmanship, as an ethical value, has in the structure of values, especially with respect to the structure of values in bodyculture. The instilling of sportsmanlike behavior is basically the responsibility of the elementary and secondary schools. It is important for future p.e. teachers to have enough experience in this field, so that they can educate students morally through physical education and sports training. During our survey we compared the ethical knowledge level - related to sports- of elementary and secondary school pupils with university students. It is evident from the results, that the sportsmen's behavior is mostly determined by negative value orientations. The knowledge of sports ethic and values the next generation has is important and we would like to emphasize the importance of the realization of these educational tasks.