Abstract:

The aim of this study is to identify the views of students who are studying at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University and Selçuk University coaching training, recreation and sports management departments and taking pedagogical formation education at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University and Necmettin Erbakan University about teaching practicum course in 2018-2019 fall semester. For this purpose, it has been examined whether the views of students differ according to the variables such as "gender, university that are still studied, department, the situation of doing sports with active license, the situation of interesting in sports, grade point average, etc. The descriptive analysis methods were used in this study. The participants of the study, carried out as a survey design, were comprised of 176 students, 77 females and 99 males, who were volunteers for the study. Demographic information form which was developed by the researchers and the Pre-service Teachers' Views about Teaching Practicum Course Questionnaire developed by Kaplantaş and Çalışkan (2018) were used as data collection tools. SPSS was used in the data analysis process. Non-parametric tests such as Kruskal-Wallis and Mann Whitney U tests were benefitted in the analysis phase of the study. As a result of the study, it was determined that the views of the students of the Physical Education and Sport Sciences Faculty regarding their teaching practice did not differ significantly according to the variables such as gender, university, department, the situation of doing sports with active license, the situation of interesting in sports and grade point average. It is concluded that there is no relationship among the variables due to the fact that the students are studying at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences and they are also doing sports with active license and their interest level of sports are high.

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