The effect of academic satisfaction on attitudes to the future and the teaching profession: physical education and sports teacher candidates

Abstract

The study aims to examine the effect of academic satisfaction levels of physical education and sports teacher candidates on their attitudes towards the future and the teaching profession. The universe consists of 843 teacher candidates studying in physical education and sports teaching departments at Faculty of Sports Sciences at Suleyman Demirel, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Ege, Erciyes and Duzce Universities. Its sample consists of 472 participants determined by simple random sampling method. The Google Forms platform was used to collect data. Volunteers were applied to the personal information form, academic satisfaction, attitude towards the future and attitude towards the teaching profession scales. The data were analyzed in the computer environment. Variables are expressed using mean±standard deviation, percentage and frequency values. Pearson product-moment correlation (r) analysis was applied.