Analyzing the Professional Concern Levels of Physical Education and Sports Teacher Students’ in Terms of Different Variables

AbstractPurpose: In modern times, it's generally accepted that students experience professional concern in finding job after graduating from the university. The purpose of this study is to analyze anxiety levels of physical education and sport teachers’ in terms of different variables such as sex, class level, age, the sports type and level of family income. Method: 93 students (32 female and 61 male) took part in the study. As the data collection tool, “The Professional concern scale for teacher candidates”, developed by Cabi and Yalçınalp (2013) and composed of eight sub-dimensions was used. For the data analysis; descriptive statistics, the Mann–Whitney U test, and Kruskal-Wallis test were applied. Findings: At the results of analysis, there was statistically significant difference (p<0,05) between two groups at the sub-dimension, coherence-centric, of the Professional concern scale for teacher candidates according to the sex variable while a statistically significant difference was not found in terms of sex at others sub-dimensions of the scale. There was no statistically significant difference in terms of the variables such as the class level, the sports type and level of family income at any sub-dimensions of the scale. Result: In this study, the Professional concern levels of physical education and sport teachers’ in terms of different variables such as sex, class level, age, the sports conducted and level of family income were analyzed. While there was a statistically significant difference at the sub-dimension, coherence-centric, it was seen that there was no statistically significant difference at others sub-dimensions in term of any variables. That there wasn’t much difference at concern level of the students may result from the education levels of students, closed to each other

Examining Attitudes of Physical Education Teacher Education Program Students Toward the Teaching Profession

The purpose of this study was to investigate attitudes of pre-service teachers toward the teaching profession with respect to their gender, grade level, whether participants regularly participate in physical activities, and whether pre-service students have a teacher-parent in their family. Research was conducted on 469 pre-service physical education teachers (Mage=21.35, SDage= 2.49), 188 female (Mage=20.89, SDage= 2.30) and 281 male (Mage=21.66, SDage= 2.57) students from five different universities in Turkey. In this study the “Attitude Scale for the Profession of Physical Education Teaching” was used. It has two factors: “concern for profession” (CP) and “affection for profession” (AP). Independent sample t-test results indicated that there were no significant differences with respect to gender or having a teacher-parent in both factors and total attitude points (p> 0.05). Pre-service physical education teachers who participate in physical activity had significantly higher points in AP and the total scale in comparison to those who do not participate in physical activity (p< 0.05). ANOVA results indicated that based on grade level there were significant differences in CP and total attitude (p< 0.05). Students’ concern about employment may be associated with differences in attitude scores between grade levels. The positive effect of physical activity participation and their professional teaching education on stress resilience might also be an important factor for increasing positive attitudes toward the teaching profession