TITLE:
Social Representations of Gymnastics, Teacher’s Perceived Competence and Students’ Gymnastic Skill Level in Ninth and Twelfth Grades: The Case of Lycée Moderne 3 of Divo (Ivory Coast)
AUTHORS:
Jean-Noël Kouamé Kouakou, Zoumana Méité, Inoussa Daboné
KEYWORDS:
Gymnastics, Skill, Social Representation, Perceived Competence
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.17 No.2,
February
27,
2026
ABSTRACT: Internships in secondary schools led us to observe a low level of gymnastic skills among students. This level of mastery is approached in the present research from the angle of students’ social representation (SR) of gymnastics and their perception of the teacher’s competence. Accordingly, 215 students from the ninth and twelfth grades were selected through stratified sampling and assessed with an instrument composed of evaluation grids and questionnaires. The results show that improving students’ gymnastic skill level requires enhancing both their SR of this discipline and their perception of the physical education teacher’s competence.