Ranking of the education and social benefits, the responsibilities, the professional competencies of sport counseling process in the opinion of sports and physical education experts

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was assessing and ranking in terms of practical importance of the responsibilities and professional skills of sports counselor included in the specific occupational standard, in the vision of sports professors and coaches; identifying the level of correlation between responsibilities and professional skills of sports counselor.

Methods: The research included 471 specialists in physical education and sports training the professional competencies and responsibility questionnaire of the sports counselor was applied (qrcpsc) and divided in 2 scales: scale 1: Responsibilities of the sports counselor and scale 2 professional competencies of sports counselor, assessed by participant using SPSS and the Likert scale.

Results: Cronbach's Alpha for the questionnaire QRCPSC of the scale 1 Sports counselor responsibilities questionnaire was α = .947, and for scale 2 Professional competencies of sports counselor was α = .963, all value suggesting that the items had high internal consistency. It is guiding sportspeople in solving the professional problems which they have in different moments of their career and giving sports advice for the professional problems.

Conclusion: Career and practical development in sports counseling is based on the impact which responsibilities and professional competency of sports counselors are reflected in the vision of experts with major influence on student’s mentality, sports recreational and physical education experts.

Keywords

• sports counselor
• occupational standard
• physical education and sport
• professionalism in sports

Spor ve beden eğitimi uzmanlarının görüşüne göre spor danışmanlığı sürecinin eğitim ve sosyal faydaları, sorumlulukları, mesleki yeterliliklerinin sıralanması

Abstract

Amaç: spor öğretmenlerinin ve antrenörlerinin vizyonunda, belirli bir meslek standardında yer alan spor danışmanının sorumluluklarının ve mesleki becerilerinin pratik önemi açısından değerlendirilmesi ve sıralanması; spor danışmanının sorumlulukları ile mesleki becerileri arasındaki ilişki düzeyini belirlemek.

Yöntemler: Araştırma, Nisan - Ekim 2019 tarihleri ​​arasında gerçekleştirilmiş ve 471 beden eğitimi ve spor eğitimi uzmanını kapsamaktadır.Spor danışmanının mesleki yeterlilik ve sorumluluk anketi uygulanmış (qrcpsc) ve 2 ölçeğe ayrılmıştır: ölçek 1: Sporun sorumlulukları danışman ve ölçek 2 spor danışmanının mesleki yeterlilikleri katılımcı tarafından Likert ölçeği kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir.

Bulgular: Spor danışmanı sorumlulukları ölçeği 1'in QRCPSC anketi için Cronbach's Alpha, α = .947 ve ölçek 2 için spor danışmanının mesleki yeterlilikleri α = .963 olup, maddelerin tümü yüksek iç tutarlılığa sahip olduğunu düşündürmektedir. Her iki ölçekte de en yüksek puan 3 numaralı maddeden alınmıştır. Sporculara kariyerlerinin farklı anlarında yaşadıkları mesleki sorunların çözümünde rehberlik etmek ve mesleki sorunlarına yönelik spor tavsiyesi vermektir.

Sonuç: Spor danışmanlığında kariyer ve pratik gelişim, spor danışmanlarının sorumluluklarının ve mesleki yeterliliğinin öğrenci zihniyeti, eğlence sporları ve beden eğitimi uzmanları üzerinde büyük etkisi olan uzmanların vizyonuna yansıdığı etkiye dayanmaktadır.

Keywords

• spor danışmanı
• meslek standardı
• beden eğitimi ve spor
• sporda profesyonellik

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