Abstract:

This study aimed to investigate physical education PE teachers’ communication skills. Universe of the study was composed of PE teachers employed in Manisa Province centre secondary and high schools during 2012-2013 academic year. Contacts were made with all PE teachers in Manisa and 203 surveys returned by the responders were included in the study. “Teachers’ Communication Skills Scale” developed by Çetinkanat 1997 was used in the study to measure teachers’ perceptions related to communication skills. SPSS 16 program was used for data analysis which included percentages, frequencies and correlation analyses. Level of statistical significance was assigned as .05. Cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient was calculated to be 0.61. Results presented that PE teachers had high level of communication skills. Significant relationships were identified among empathy, transparency, equality, efficacy and efficiency sub dimensions

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