Abstract:

The evaluation of growing leisure time together with the development of technology has become an important issue today. Teachers’ participation in these types of leisure activities and the motivation levels are extremely important in terms of the education sector. For this purpose, in the said study; the motivation of leisure time activities participation of the teachers in off-hours was examined. The population of the study consists of the teachers from various fields working in the primary schools in Keçiören district of Ankara. The survey sample group consists of 1075 male and female teachers randomly selected among approximately 4,700 teachers working in the primary schools in Keçiören district. In the study, Leisure Motivation Questionnaire (LMQ) which was developed by Happy, I. (2008) was used and the results were analyzed with the statistical methods.According to the results; it has been observed that thesignificant differences have been derived because of the independent variables discussed in the five sub-dimensions of Leisure Motivation Questionnaire (LMQ) but these differences have increased at most in the sub-dimensions; 'motivation', 'to know and to accomplish' and 'external regulation'.It has been found that the motivation of participating leisure time activities for 45 + age group depends on the external factors, however, the motivation of the younger teachers depends on internal factors. It has been found that the women's motivation unlike the men's are higher in all sub-dimensions except 'external regulation' but the teachers with a 24 + length of service have less motivation. It has been observed that the teachers of Social Sciences group have higher scores as compared with the teachers of Art&Physical Education and Elementary school teachers groups both in the dimensions of 'to know and to accomplish' and 'identified / introjected'.Moreover, It has been concluded that the education factor increases the motivation in the sub-dimension 'to know and to accomplish', yet, the marital status and the income level variables don't increase the motivation of leisure time activities participation of the teachers.

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