Abstract:

The aim of this study is to examine the attitudes of the students studying in the physical education and sports teaching department of the universities in the region called Teke region towards folk dances. The universe of the research consisted of 598 students studying in the physical education and sports teaching department of the universities located in the Teke region within the regional classification of Turkish folk dances, and the sample consisted of 142 students who participated voluntarily from this universe. Volunteers were asked to complete a researcher-provided personal information form and a literature-described folk dance attitude scale. T-test was used for pairwise comparisons of independent groups and Her ANOVA test for one-way analysis of variance was used for comparisons of three or more groups. LSD test was used to reveal differences between groups.  Significance level was accepted as p<.05.

As a result, it was determined that physical education teacher candidates were at an insufficient level in affective and cognitive domains, while their total scores were moderate in psychomotor domain and at a sufficient level. As a result, folk dances, one of the most important parts of Turkish culture, should be introduced to physical education teacher candidates by experts and it should be ensured that these cultural values are transferred to future generations in a correct and healthy way.

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