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The state of preparedness of prospective physical education and sports teachers
Metin YilmazABCD, Yunus E. KarakayaACDE, Yuksel SavucuADE Firat University, Turkey
Authors contribution: A - Study design; B - Data collection; C - Bibliometric analysis; D - Manuscript preparation; E - Funds collection
Abstract
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This study was conducted to determine the state of readiness of prospective physical education and sports teachers, who were studying in sports education institutions in Turkey.
The sample of the study consisted of 552 prospective physical education and sports teachers, who were chosen by the random sampling method. To collect the data from the sample group, the "Preparedness for Teach Scale", which consisted of 20 items and 4 subscales. The collected data were analysed for normality by using SPSS 22.0 package software. Because the data demonstrated a normal distribution, the "Independent Samples t-tests" and "One-way ANOVA tests" were conducted. To determine the level of relationship between dependent variables, "Pearson Correlation Analysis" was conducted. In the gender variable of the sample group, statistically significant differences were observed in the subscales of "Designing the instructional process" and "Understanding the learner". In the grade variable, significant differences were determined in the subscales of "Forming and effective learning atmosphere", "Designing the instructional process" and "Techno-pedagogical competence". In the variable of the department of education, significant differences were determined in all the subscales. Because of the correlation analysis, it was observed that there were positive and strong correlations between the subscales of "Forming an effective learning atmosphere" and "Designing the instructional process" (r= 0.807; p<0.05).
For teachers to become more confident in themselves and develop their competencies more positively, it will be beneficial to enlarge professional standards and teaching framework. Within this scope, considering the results obtained from the study, it will be beneficial to create positive classroom environments and to ensure that prospective teachers benefit from teachers' experiences to improve their preparedness to professional life. The study indicated that the competencies of prospective teachers towards the profession of teaching were generally positive. It was observed that several factors affected prospective physical education and sports teachers in their preparedness for teaching. Thus, it is important to ensure that prospective physical education and sports teachers gain acquisitions for their general competencies in the profession of teaching before they complete their undergraduate education. higher education, sports education, prospective teachers, preparedness, physical education.
Introduction
The advancement and development of societies are rather parallel to the quality of the education they receive. The richness of a country depends on people's effective use and development of their natural skills. Thus, the development of a nation is first the result of people's effort. Finding and using natural resources, turning capital into an investment, developing the technology, producing consumer goods, and maintaining economic relationships require the element of having skilful people. If a country cannot develop its people, it cannot establish anything and cannot sustain itself. In today's societies, when advanced and developed countries are examined, it is observed that both the ratio of the trained people to the society and the period of education with the quality of the education provided are at rather advanced levels. In contrast, in underdeveloped countries, both the ratio of trained people to society and the period of education with the quality of the education provided are observed to be at low levels. Advancements such as gaining the required consciousness to advance, producing technology
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and science, and adapting to tomorrow's world quickly are only possible when a certain level of education and training is provided [1].
Unless human behaviors are not changed consistently, namely validly and reliably, the ability of humanity to achieve a long-awaited lifestyle may not be a matter of discussion. Equipping people with consistent behaviors, namely problem-solving knowledge and skills, can be possible with education. This is because the most effective tool to train and channelize labor force resources is education. Teachers constitute one of the most important elements of this tool. Innovations in an education system can only be realized via teachers. No matter how well the programs are designed and the education environments are regulated, all the investment and effort are for nothing unless qualified teachers are trained. No education model can produce a service above the personnel to implement that model. Therefore, a school is only as good as its teachers. Undoubtedly, teachers are professionals who assume sacred roles such as training individuals from all professions required by societies and shaping the future of a nation [1, 2]. Countries expect incredible achievements
from their education systems. Some of these include preparing the youth for tomorrow's roles, training them as productive and creative individuals, protecting them from any kind of bad and harmful behaviors, and ensuring that they are trained as good people and citizens [3]. Education systems can produce individuals with such qualities in classroom environments in schools. Undoubtedly, one of the most vital elements of the priorities of this production system is the teachers.
Today, the profession of teaching is a field that requires expert knowledge and experience at social, cultural, economic, scientific, and technological aspects related to education and professional competence [4]. It is of utmost importance to train qualified teachers. The quality of the opportunities provided for prospective teachers cannot solely enable them to become competent in their profession. The attitudes of prospective teachers toward their profession are also important at this point. The attitudes of individuals affect their emotions as well as affecting their thoughts and behaviors. Erdem et al. [5] stated that teachers' development of positive attitudes toward their profession enables them to become more effective while practicing the profession of teaching.
The belief that a strong education is required to set high standards and meet these standards in education resulted in the emergence of ever-increasing demands on teachers [6]. The education received before starting to practice the profession of teaching is viewed as one of the most important steps for prospective teachers to obtain theoretical and practical knowledge [7]. Everywhere in the world, the prospective teachers are expected to possess the required competencies to become an effective teacher and facilitate students' learning because of the preservice education they receive. The most important role of universities, which assume the responsibility of training teachers, to play on this subject is to develop prospective teachers' abilities to view things with a perspective beyond their own, to empathize with students and to understand the meaning of this experience in terms of learning [8-9]. However, the results of the studies related to teacher education, teacher-training programs, and teachers who started serving recently demonstrated that teacher education was not sufficient in providing them with certain competencies. Teacher education programs fall short of providing prospective teachers to acquire knowledge about real school conditions, namely turning theory into practice [10]. Today, there is a preconception about a negative relationship between the preparedness of prospective physical education and sports teachers and the outputs of prospective teachers. The study conducted within this framework aimed to determine the levels of preparedness of prospective physical education and sports teachers, who study in sports education institutions at the higher education level in Turkey. The study is of importance in terms of revealing how prepared do the prospective physical education and sports teachers feel in professional terms and providing professional contributions to teachers and prospective teachers. According to this general aim, answers to the questions,
such as "Do the preparedness levels of prospective physical education and sports teachers differ according to the variables of gender, grade level, and department of education ?" and '"4re there any relationships between the scores of subscales related to the preparedness levels of prospective physical education and sports teachers to teaching?".
Material and Methods
Participants.
The study group consisted of 552 randomly chosen prospective physical education and sports teachers, who studied at Agri ibrahim Qegen University, Bitlis Eren University, Dicle University, Firat University, Harran University, and inonu University. The study contained 317 prospective teachers who studied in the department of physical education and sports teaching at the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades. The study also included students, who received pedagogical formation at Education Faculties in Turkey, from the departments of Coaching Training (135 students) and Sports Management (100 students). Because the students who study sports education at the 4th grade receive pedagogical formation education at Education Faculties for teaching, they were included in the study. As a result of this education, the students gain the status of a prospective teacher. Because the physical education and sports teaching students at the 1st grade are assumed not ready for teaching, they were not included in the study group. Furthermore, because the students who receive sports education in other departments (Departments of Coaching Training and Sports Management) did not receive a pedagogical formation education (1st, 2nd- and 3rd-grade students), they were not included in the study group.
It was determined that 526 of the prospective teachers included in the study were single while 26 of them were married. When the age variable of the study group was examined, it was observed that 173 prospective teachers were between 19 and 22 years old while 327 prospective teachers were between 23 and 26 years old in addition to 52 prospective teachers who were 27 years old and above. 395 of the prospective teachers stated that they wished to work in the public sector while 157 of them stated that they wished to serve in the private sector.
Research Design.
Data Collection Tools.
As the data collection tool in the study, a questionnaire form, which was used in a cooperative study in the city of New York in the USA, was used. This scale is called "Prepared to Teaching Scale (PTS)" and it was adapted into Turkish with validity and reliability studies by Yildirim and Kalman [8]. This scale consisted of 20 items and 4 subscales. The Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient for the 20 items of the scale was calculated as 0.923. Additionally, the Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient for the subscale of "Forming an effective learning atmosphere (FELA)" was calculated as 0.827 while the Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient for the subscale of "Designing the instructional process (DIP)"
was calculated as 0.806 in addition to the Cronbach alpha reliability coefficients of 0.838 for the subscale of "Techno-pedagogical competence (TPC)" and the Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of 0.739 for the subscale of "Understanding the Learner (UL)". This scale form is a self-report form that is scored with a 5-point Likert scale. Each item is evaluated per a 5-point replying system (1: Quite Insufficient - 5: Quite Sufficient).
Statistical Analysis.
In the study, the collected data were analysed by SPSS 22 package software. For the data in the study, a normality test was first conducted to determine whether the "Preparedness to Teaching Scale" and its subscales demonstrated a normal distribution (Table 1).
As a result of the normality analysis, it was determined that the skewness and kurtosis values of the Preparedness to Teaching scale and its subscales were between +1.5 and -1.5 (Table 1). Tabachnick and Fidel [11] stated that the states where kurtosis and skewness values between +1.5 and -1.5 could be interpreted as the presence of normal distribution. For the variables that demonstrate normal
distributions, t-test, and one-way variance analyses were conducted. To reveal the sources of significant differences between the variables, LSD tests were conducted. To determine the relationship between the variables, the Pearson correlation analyses were conducted. The relationships between dependent variables were evaluated according to Table 2 [12].
Results
According to the aims of the study, the findings obtained from the prospective physical education and sports teachers were presented below.
T-tests were conducted to determine whether the "Preparedness to Teaching Scale" and its subscales differed according to the variable of gender. Statistically significant differences were determined in the subscales of "DIP" (t= -3.068; p=0.002; p<0.05) and "UL" (t= -2.684; p=0.007; p<0.05). In the other subscales of the "Preparedness to Teaching Scale" (FELA and TPC subscales), no statistically significant difference was observed (Table 3).
Table 1. Results of the normality test for the preparedness to teaching scale and its subscales
Scale PTS Scale FELA Subscale DIP Subscale TPC Subscale UL Subscale
N 552 552 552 552 552
Mean 3.684 3.657 3.713 3.763 3.547
Standard Deviation 0.680 0.724 0.776 0.797 0.836
Skewness [0.558; 0.104] [-0.486; 0.104] [-0.598; 0.104] [-0.556; 0.104] [-0.452; 0.104]
Kurtosis [0.304; 0.208] [0.224; 0.208] [0.108; 0.208] [0.251; 0.208] [-0.038; 0.208]
Table 2. Values regarding the correlation levels between the dependent variables
r
Correlation Level
0.00-0.25 0.26-0.49 0.50-0.69 0.70-0.89 0.90-1.00
Rather Weak Weak Moderate Strong
Rather Strong
Table 3. The results of the t-test conducted to determine whether there were differences among the study group according to the variable of gender
Scale Variable N X Sd t-Value p-Value
FELA Subscale Male 362 3.624 0.694
-1.485 0.138
Female 190 3.721 0.777
DIP Subscale Male 362 3.640 0.772 0.002*
-3.068
Female 190 3.852 0.766
TPC Subscale Male 362 3.715 0.817
-1.941 0.053
Female 190 3.853 0.751
UL Subscale Male 362 3.478 0.839 0.007*
-2.684
Female 190 3.678 0.818
*p<0.05
Statistically significant differences were determined between 3rd-grade and 4th-grade prospective teachers in the subscales of "FELA", "DIP" and "TPC". In the subscale of " UL", no significant difference was observed (Table 4).
Variance analyses were conducted to determine whether the subscales of the "Preparedness to Teaching Scale" significantly different according to the variable of the department of education (Table 5). In the "FELA" subscale, statistically significant differences were determined between the students of the department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching and the students of the departments of Sports Management and Coaching Training. In the "DIP" subscale, statistically significant differences were determined between the students of the department of Coaching Training and the students of the departments of Physical Education and Sports
Teaching and Sports Management. In the "TPC" subscale, statistically significant differences were determined between the students of the department of Coaching Training and the students of the departments of Physical Education and Sports Teaching and Sports Management. In the " UL" subscale, statistically significant differences were determined between the students of the department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching and the students of the departments of Sports Management and Coaching Training.
Positive and strong correlations were determined between the subscales of "FELA" and "DIP" (r=0.807; p<0.05). The weakest correlation between the subscales of the scale was determined between the subscales of "TPC" and "UL", which was positive and at a moderate level.
Table 4. The results of the one-way variance analysis conducted to determine whether the scores of the study group differed according to the variable of grade of education
Scale Variable N X Sd F p-Value LSD
(a) 2nd Grade 90 3.716 0.673
FELA Subscale (b) 3rd Grade 327 3.577 0.724 5.593 0.004* b, c
(c) 4th Grade 135 3.814 0.734
(a) 2nd Grade 90 3.774 0.785
DIP Subscale (b) 3rd Grade 327 3.635 0.781 4.544 0.011* b, c
(c) 4th Grade 135 3.864 0.735
(a) 2nd Grade 90 3.788 0.743
TPC Subscale (b) 3rd Grade 327 3.697 0.822 3.270 0.039* b, c
(c) 4th Grade 135 3.903 0.755
(a) 2nd Grade 90 3.540 0.737
UL Subscale (b) 3rd Grade 327 3.494 0.840 2.404 0.091 -
(c) 4th Grade 135 3.681 0.879
* p<0.05
Table 5. The results of the one-way variance analysis conducted to determine whether the scores of the study group differed according to the variable of department of education
Scale Variable N X Sd F p-Value LSD
(a) Physical Education and Sports Teaching 317 3.746 0.716 a, b
FELA Subscale (b) Sports Management 100 3.455 0.697 6.820 0.001*
(c) Coaching Training 135 3.601 0.732 a, c
(a) Physical Education and Sports Teaching 317 3.760 0.745 c, a
DIP Subscale (b) Sports Management 100 3.490 0.807 5.157 0.006*
(c) Coaching Training 135 3.770 0.799 c, b
(a) Physical Education and Sports Teaching 317 3.818 0.782 c, a
TPC Subscale (b) Sports Management 100 3.506 0.806 6.478 0.002* c, b
(c) Coaching Training 135 3.822 0.793
(a) Physical Education and Sports Teaching 317 3.633 0.804 a, b
UL Subscale (b) Sports Management 100 3.303 0.878 6.056 0.003*
(c) Coaching Training 135 3.528 0.849 a, c
* p<0.05
Table 6. The results of the correlation analysis between the subscales of the preparedness to teaching scale
Scale Descriptive Values 1 2 3 4
r 1
FELA Subscale (1) p N 552
r 0.807* 1
DIP Subscale (2) p N 0.000 552 552
r 0.634* 0.656* 1
TPC Subscale (3) p 0.000 0.000 -
N 552 552 552
r 0.723* 0.696* 0.571* 1
UL Subscale (4) p 0.000 0.000 0.000 -
N 552 552 552 552
* p<0.05
Discussion
According to the results of this study, which aimed to determine the state of preparedness to the teaching of prospective physical education and sports teachers in six different universities in Turkey, in terms of the variable gender, the female prospective teachers stated more positive perceptions in the subscales of "DIP" and "UL" compared to male prospective teachers (Table 3). Within this scope, it can be stated that female prospective teachers are more ready for the profession of teaching. This situation can also indicate that female prospective teachers are more inclined to the profession of teaching. It can be interpreted that female prospective teachers internalized the profession of teaching more. Some of the studies in the literature support this interpretation [13-19]. Dogan and Coban [20] stated that the interest of females in the profession of teaching was higher compared to males while reporting that the profession of teaching is regarded as a profession for females according to the culture of the society in Turkey, interpreting that females internalized this thought. However, several studies were observed to report different conclusions. Haciomeroglu and Ta§kin [21] conducted a study with prospective teachers and did not determine any significant difference in terms of the variable of gender. In a study that investigated the attitudes of prospective teachers toward the profession of teaching, §ahin [22] reported that there was no statistically significant difference between the attitudes of female and male prospective teachers toward the profession of teaching. Furthermore, when various studies were examined, no statistically significant difference was observed between female and male prospective teachers [23-27].
According to the study group's variable of the department of education, significant differences were determined in the subscales of FELA, DIP, and TPC.
In these subscales, it was observed that the prospective teachers studying at the 4th grade reported more positive perceptions compared to the prospective teachers studying at other grades. The fact that the preparedness to teaching levels of prospective teachers at the 4th grade was at higher levels was believed to be due to reasons such as receiving more sports education and being in the process of graduation (Table 4). In several studies, the attitudes of prospective teachers toward prospective teachers demonstrated differences according to the level of grade [28-31]. Rajic et al. [9] reported that prospective teachers generally had more developed professional skills in recent years. Gokta§ [32] stated that the mean scores of attitudes toward the profession of students at the 1st grade were lower compared to the mean scores of the students at the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades. It was observed that the attitudes of students toward the profession of teaching were higher at higher grades. In another study, Ozder et al. [33] determined that there was no significant difference in terms of the variable of grade. Pehlivan [34] determined that the attitudes of prospective physical education and sports teachers at the last grade were low and stated that this was due to their concerns about finding a job. Saglam [35] determined statistically significant differences in the variable of grade. Ugurlu and Polat [11] reported that there were significant differences between the prospective teachers at the 1st grade and the 2nd grade. In another study, Gokge and Sezer [14] reported that there was no significant difference in the attitudes of prospective teachers toward the profession of teaching according to the variable of grade.
According to the study group's department of education, in the subscales of "FELA" and "UL", statistically significant differences were determined between the students of the department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching and the students of Sports
Management and Coaching Training. It was observed that the preparedness levels of the students, who studied in the department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching, were more positive. In the subscales of "DIP" and "TPC', statistically significant differences between the students of the department of Coaching Training and the departments of Physical Education and Sports Teaching and Sports Management. It was determined that the levels of preparedness to the teaching of the students of the department of Coaching Training were more positive (Table 5). According to these findings, it can be stated that the levels of preparedness to the teaching of the students studying in the departments of Physical Education and Sports Teaching and Coaching Training were at better levels compared to the prospective teachers at the department of Sports Management. Additionally, these findings can indicate that the variable of the department is an effective factor in becoming a physical education and sports teacher. In parallel with these findings, in a study conducted by Kartal and Afacan [36] it was reported that there were significant differences between the variables of the department of education in prospective teachers. In a study conducted by Azar [37], it was reported that the department of education was a significant factor in this subject. Engin and Kog [38] determined that there were differences in the last grade students at the faculty of education according to the undergraduate program of education. In the study, no statistically significant difference was determined in the subscale of techno-pedagogical competence. Several studies also reported contrary findings [5, 24, 39, 40, 42, 43].
It was observed that there was a positive and strong correlation between the subscales of "FELA" and "DIP" (r=0.807; p<0.05). The weakest correlation was determined between the subscales of "TPC' and "UL", which was positive and at a moderate level (Table 6). Macun et al. [43] investigated the self-sufficiency levels and preparedness to profession levels of prospective teachers and determined that there were moderate and positive correlations between the levels of planning and developing teaching, forming a positive classroom environment, effective learning process, individual differences, academic development self-sufficiencies, and the levels of preparedness to professional life. According to this result, it was interpreted that as the self-sufficiency levels of prospective teachers increased, their levels of preparedness to professional life also increased.
Conclusion
The problem of today is training great teachers. Therefore, teaching is a profession of special expertise
as well as an art. Because good education is provided by good teachers. Teachers who know about the needs of the society where they live, who are aware of their capacities, who can be active in teaching, who possess suitable characteristics for teaching, and who have a command of their field will achieve the identity of a teacher. For teachers to become more confident in themselves and develop their competencies more positively, it will be beneficial to enlarge professional standards and teaching framework. Within this scope, considering the results obtained from the study, it will be beneficial to create positive classroom environments and to ensure that prospective teachers benefit from teachers' experiences to improve their preparedness to professional life. The study indicated that the competencies of prospective teachers towards the profession of teaching were generally positive. It was observed that several factors affected prospective physical education and sports teachers in their preparedness for teaching. Thus, it is important to ensure that prospective physical education and sports teachers gain acquisitions for their general competencies in the profession of teaching before they complete their undergraduate education. By this means, qualified individuals who can increase the quality of sports education can be trained. In conclusion, practices that can increase the level of preparedness to teach prospective teachers can be implemented. Interactions between successful physical education and sports teachers, who still serve in education, and prospective physical education and sports teachers, who continue their undergraduate education, can be organized within the scope of "good examples in education". This study has several limitations. The study was conducted only with six universities. The number of participants in the study can be increased.
Acknowledgment
Thank you to the students who participated in the research. There is no financial support in the research.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.
Note
A part of this study was verbally presented as a conference paper in the 16th International Sports Sciences Congress "Sports Sciences for Sustainable Success", conducted between 31 0ctober-03 November 2018 in Antalya.
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Information about the authors:
Metin Yilmaz; (Corresponding author); https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8191-7264; metin.yilmaz@firat.edu.tr; Firat University Faculty of Sport Sciences; Elazig, Turkey.
Yunus E. Karakaya; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9858-2103; emrekarakaya@firat.edu.tr; Firat University Faculty of Sport Sciences; Elazig, Turkey.
Yuksel Savucu; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2749-6806; ysavucu@firat.edu.tr; Firat University Faculty of Sport Sciences; Elazig, Turkey.
Cite this article as:
Yilmaz M, Karakaya YE, Savucu Y. The state of preparedness of prospective physical education and sports teachers. Pedagogy
of Physical Culture and Sports, 2020;24(6):323-330.
https://doi.org/10.15561/26649837.2020.0608
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Received: 18.05.2020
Accepted: 24.06.2020; Published: 30.12.2020
