ATTITUDES OF PARENT TEACHERS WORKING IN SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOLS TOWARDS PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS LESSON

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Ponte Academic JournalNov 2023, Volume 79, Issue 11 ATTITUDES OF PARENT TEACHERS WORKING IN SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOLS TOWARDS PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS LESSONAuthor(s): Ibrahim Dalbudak ,Eyup AcarJ. Ponte - Nov 2023 - Volume 79 - Issue 11 doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2023.11.1 Abstract:This study aimed to determine the attitudes of parent teachers working in special needs schools in public schools towards physical education and sports lessons according to various variables. Another purpose is that it is very important to determine parent teachers on whether they direct disabled students to sports. The data of the study were obtained from 697 teachers working in special needs schools in public schools. They voluntarily participated in the survey. In the study, questionnaires consisting of 2 parts were applied to parent teachers. In the first part, demographic characteristics were used, and in the second part, the "Parental Attitude Scale for Physical Education Course (PASPEC)", whose validity and reliability study was conducted by Öncü and Güven (2011), was used. The scale consists of 21 items and is of 5-point Likert type. The data obtained were recorded on the computer using the package program named SPSS 22.00. In the analysis of the data, "Mann Whitney U" and "Kruskal Wallis 1 Way ANOVA and Dunn's Nonparametric Comparison" tests were used. The reliability coefficient of the scale was found to be 0.961. In this study, it was found that there was no significant difference between the attitudes of parent teachers working in special needs schools towards physical education and sports lessons since gender did not cause any difference in their attitudes towards physical education and sports lessons (p> .05). It was concluded that the attitudes of parent teachers towards physical education and sports lesson were different in terms of their age, income status, sports status, going to watch sports competitions and watching TV programs (p<0.05). According to the results of the research, it was determined that parent teachers devoted an important time to physical education and sports activities, that physical education and sports activities would provide significant benefits in future life, and that they had a positive attitude towards physical education and sports. Since parent teachers have positive effects on physical education and sports lessons in all respects, they are effective on being healthy both mentally and physically of the disabled students in special needs schools by directing them to physical education and sports. Download full text:Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution Username Password