Abstract:

In this research, it was designed to examine the views of academics working in the field of recreation and to propose solutions to the problems related to recreation education. The study group of the research consists of 25 academicians working in the field of recreation, selected with the maximum diversity sampling technique, which is one of the purposeful sampling methods. Interview method, one of the qualitative data collection methods, was used in the research. In the research, there are questions about personal information (age, gender, marital status, etc.) and semi-structured interview questions prepared by the researcher as a data collection tool. Using the descriptive and content analysis of the collected data, modeling with the NVIVO package program was created and presented. In the findings obtained in the research, it was seen that the male and female academicians participating in the research were between the ages of 35-66 and had various academic titles. Although there were a total of 6 questions asked to the participants in the research, it was found that the meaning of recreation education according to academics was 8 codes, the problems of recreation education at universities were 8 codes, restructuring in recreation education was 7 codes, social and individual achievements of recreation education were 17 codes, cooperation with public and private sectors was 9 codes and there were 15 codes under the titles where recreation professionals find employment opportunities. As a result, it has been concluded that the recreational education in universities is not sufficient, there is a need for restructuring to improve the educational content, and there are employment problems due to lack of education It has emerged that the public and private sector collaborations with universities are weak and that academics who are experts in the field of recreation need to provide training depending on the course content created specifically for the field.

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