The Educational Role of Media in Raising the Level of Athlete Health Education, from the Perspective of the faculty of Athlete Studies Colleges

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the role of athlete media in raising the level of health education from the perspective of the faculty of athlete studies’ colleges in the West Bank, and also to find out the differences in the role of athlete media in raising the educational level of health education from the perspective of the faculty of athlete studies’ colleges, based on university, years of experience and gender variances. The researcher, using the descriptive method, conducted the study on a sample of some of colleges, institutes and departments of athlete studies faculty in the West Bank . The sample consisted of intentionally chosen 55 male and female instructors .A questionnaire was used for collecting the data. The results showed that the role of media in raising the level of athlete health education, from the perspective of colleges of athlete studies’ faculty was moderate. The study recommended introducing athlete media within the requirements of the discipline, due to its essential role in raising the level of health education to athletes in the Palestinian society, and also the media increasing topics related to health skills of Palestinian individuals due to the great importance in raising their level of health education.