EXAMINATION OF COVID-19 FEAR LEVELS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS TEACHERS IN TERMS OF CONVENTIONAL EDUCATION AND ONLINE EDUCATION: A TURKEY CASE

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine the Covid-19 fear levels of physical education teachers teaching through various educational applications such as online, conventional, and co-education in different institutions such as public and private schools during the Covid-19. A total of 273 teachers participated in the study. The study data was collected through The Fear of Covid-19 Scale. Since the data showed normal distribution in the analyses done through the SPSS 25.0 package program, one of the parametric methods, t-test for pairwise cluster comparisons in independent groups was applied, and one-way analysis of variance was applied in comparisons of more than two clusters. As a result of the analysis, no significant difference the participants' Covid-19 fear levels regarding the variables of the institution, catching covid-19, losing a relative due to covid, and education type. As for the gender variable, a significant difference was found in favor of female participants. It was concluded in their Covid-19 fear levels that physical education teachers' differences in educational institutions and educational applications did not have any significant.

Keywords

• coronavirus
• physical education teachers
• fear of covid-19
• online educatiton
• conventional education

BEDEN EĞİTİMİ VE SPOR ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN COVİD-19 KORKU DÜZEYLERİNİN GELENEKSEL EĞİTİM VE ONLİNE EĞİTİM AÇISINDAN İNCELENMESİ: TÜRKİYE ÖRNEĞİ

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı, Covid-19 döneminde devlet ve özel okul gibi farklı kurumlarda çevrimiçi, geleneksel ve karma eğitim gibi çeşitli eğitim uygulamalarıyla ders veren beden eğitimi öğretmenlerinin Covid-19 korku düzeylerini incelemektir. Araştırmaya toplam 273 öğretmen katılmıştır. Çalışma verileri Covid-19 Korkusu Ölçeği ile toplanmıştır. SPSS 25.0 paket programı ile yapılan analizlerde veriler normal dağılım gösterdiğinden, bağımsız gruplarda ikili küme karşılaştırmaları için parametrik yöntemlerden biri olan t-testi ve ikiden fazla küme karşılaştırılmasında tek yönlü varyans analizi uygulanmıştır. Analiz sonucunda katılımcıların kurum, Covid-19'a yakalanma, Covid nedeniyle bir yakınını kaybetme ve eğitim türü değişkenlerine ile Covid-19 korku düzeyleri arasında anlamlı bir fark saptanmamıştır. Cinsiyet değişkeninde ise kadın katılımcılar lehine anlamlı bir farklılık bulunmuştur. Beden eğitimi öğretmenlerinin Covid-19 korku düzeylerinde eğitim kurumları ve eğitim uygulamaları arasındaki farklılıkların anlamlı olmadığı sonucuna varılmıştır.

Keywords

• koronavirüs
• beden eğitimi öğreymenleri
• covid-19 korkusu
• online eğitim
• geleneksel eğitim

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