Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Öğretmeni Adaylarının Mesleklerine Yönelik Kaygı Durumlarının İncelenmesi

Abstract

Increasing the quality of educational organizations that shape the future generations of society can only be possible by eliminating existing problems. Some of the important problems related to education are the self-professional concerns experienced by teachers and teacher candidates, who are the leading roles of educational organizations. The increase in professional anxiety negatively affects the performance of teacher candidates and is a state of uneasiness that threatens their biological health. In this respect, it is important to reveal the level of professional anxiety of teacher candidates. The aim of this study is to examine the anxiety levels of physical education and sports teacher candidates towards their profession. The population of the research consists of physical education and sports teacher candidates studying in physical education and sports colleges of universities (Iğdır University and Kafkas University) in the 2020-2021 academic year, and the sample group consists of 345 (187 male, 158 female) teacher candidates selected on a voluntary basis. As a data collection tool in the research; The "Vocational Anxiety Scale for Pre-Teachers" developed by Cabi and Yalçınalp (2013) was used. SPSS 22.0 program was used in the analysis of the data. After testing for normality and homogeneity, t-test was performed for independent groups in paired groups, and one-way analysis of variance and LSD post-hoc test correction was performed for variables with more than two groups. Values are presented as mean and standard deviation and analyzed at 0.05 significance level. As a result of the research; It is seen that there is no significant difference in the anxiety levels of physical education teacher candidates towards their profession in terms of men and women. In terms of age variable, it was observed that the professional anxiety levels of teacher candidates aged 27 and over were higher than other age groups, while a significant difference was found in terms of the type of high school graduated from. However, no significant difference was observed in terms of the class variable studied. It was determined that the physical education and sports teacher candidates with a high academic grade point average had higher occupational anxiety than those with a low academic grade point average. In terms of mother's education level variable; It has been observed that primary, secondary and associate degree graduates have higher anxiety than high school and undergraduate graduates, and there is no significant difference in terms of the father's education level variable. It was concluded that there was no significant difference between the professional anxiety levels of physical education and sports teacher candidates in terms of income level.