Özet:

A good education is based on effective communication. Because of this, its extremely important that teachers to have effective communication skills. Examining the relationship between cognitive control and flexibility and speaking anxiety of physical education teacher candidates in terms of some variables aimed on this research. The survey model was used in research. Data of the research were collected with the "Cognitive Control and Flexibility Scale" developed by Demirtaş (2019) and the "Speech Anxiety Scale for Teacher Canditates" developed by Sevim (2012). The sample of the research consists of the students of Physical Education and Sports Teaching Department. Data were analyzed using T-Test, One-Way Analysis of Variance, and Regression analysis. Analysis of results; the level of cognitive control and flexibility of physical education teacher candidates, gender, and school success according to the level of speech anxiety reading of the situation it was determined that differed according to class and to receive communication training. In addition, it was observed that interaction anxiety decreased as the cognitive control and flexibility levels of teacher candidates increased. Since effective communication is extremely important in the teaching profession, physical education teacher candidates should overcome their speaking anxiety for a successful professional life. In this direction, it has been revealed in our research that having cognitive control and flexibility contributes to overcoming speech anxiety.

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