Indonesian Journal of Sport Management https://ejournal.unma.ac.id/index.php/ijsm Vol. 1, No. 1, April (2021), 20-30 20 Investigation of Teachers' Attitudes Towards Sports in Turkey Mehmet Şakir Salar1*, Hulusi ALP2 1*2Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey Article History: Received: 27 March 2021 Accepted: 20 April 2021 Published: 26 April 2021 Abstract This research was conducted to examine the Attitudes of Teachers working in public schools towards Sports in terms of Different Variables. The data of the research were obtained from 403 teachers working in Aydın during the 2020-2021 academic year. As the data collection tool, "Attitude Scale towards Sports" made by Halil Evren Şentürk (2012) was used. Descriptive statistics and nonparametric tests were used to analyze the data. Mann Whitney U-test was used for comparisons of two groups, and Kruskal Wallis H was used for comparing more than two groups. The Cronbach's Alpha coefficient of the scale was found to be 0.97. As a result of the research, a statistically significant difference was found as a result of the analysis made between the sub-dimensions of the attitude towards sports in the variables of the teachers' Gender, Education and Branch (p <0.05). In the gender variable, it was concluded that the Attitudes of Female Teachers towards Sports were higher than male teachers in all sub-dimensions of the scale. When the Educational Status Variable is examined, it is seen that in the dimension of Interest in Sports, Graduate Teachers' Attitudes towards Sports are higher than Undergraduate teachers. In the Active Sports dimension, it is concluded that the Graduate Teachers' Attitude towards Sports scores are higher than the Undergraduate Teachers. It was concluded that there was no statistically significant difference between the sub-dimensions of age, marital status, education level and attitude towards sports (p> 0.05). Keywords: Sport; Attitude; Teacher How To Cite: Salar, M. S, & ALP, H. (2021). Investigation of Teachers' Attitudes Towards Sports in Aydin Province. Indonesian Journal of Sport Management, 1(1), 20-30. https://doi.org/10.31949/ijsm.v1i1.967 Corresponding author: Mehmet Şakir Salar, Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey Email: ekim1778@gmail.com Indonesian Journal of Sport Management Mehmet Şakir Salar, Hulusi ALP, 1(1), 2021, 20-30 21 INTRODUCTION Sport is defined as "an activity that involves physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for fun" (Oxford English Dict, 2017). Although sport is as old as the history of mankind, it has been seen as an action that develops by affecting civilizations and affects individuals both personally and socially (Kalfa, 2 019). The primary goal of sport is to promote physical activity, improve health, performance, psychosocial development, and motor skills (Hold et al., 2017). In addition, doing sports provides a chance to be a part of a community, to acquire new social environments, to establish social norms and attitudes, to create an identity and to develop a sense of belonging (Hassmen et al., 2000). As physical activity is carried out in a more planned and programmed way around the world, the role of sport in society has become more important over time, not only for the individual but also for public health (Malm et al., 2019). Absence of physical activity increases the risk of major noncommunicable diseases, shortens life expectancy, and significantly increases the cost of healthcare expenditures (Lee, 2012). During childhood and adolescence, physical education classes offered in schools can be ideal environments to encourage and direct the implementation of physical and sports activities and active physical activity (Standage et al., 2005). Physical education and sports aim to provide children and adolescents with basic movement skills knowledge and active attitude for lifelong physical activity (Hills et al., 2015). Regular participation in physical activity is important to maintaining the benefits of the activity. Active individuals enjoy a high level of fitness and we had lower health risks than inactive people (Lopez Sanches et al., 2016). Due to the sedentary lifestyle of people, the promotion of physical activity and sports has become one of the most important goals of schools in most developed societies. Societies are aware that physical exercise and sports play a very important role in the protection and improvement of health in humans (Janssen, 2007). Each individual has their own ideas and attitudes towards sports, which is accepted as an integral part of life (Tükel, 2018). Attitudes are not congenital, they are learned over time, show a certain continuity, regulate the relationship between the individual and the object, help people to interpret their environment, and affect the individual's behavior internally (Tavşancıl, 2002; Pepe et al., 2011; Turan et al., 2018; Dalbudak et al, 2016; Dalbudak and Yiğit 2019; Binbaşıoğlu and Tuna, 2014; Akıncı, 2020a). The teacher is one of the main supporters of the implementation of physical activities, so their figures are very important for students to increase their regular physical activity levels (Gil Arias et al., 2017). Teachers' attitudes towards sports are very important for sports to become widespread. Determining teachers' attitudes towards sports; Situations such as active sports, their perspective to sports, and their approach to sports habits have an important role in increasing the number of individuals engaged in active sports (Ünver et al., 2019). St udies have determined that teachers have positive psychological aspects such as increasing the intrinsic motivation of students in physical education classes and will allow the development and reinforcement of physical activity-related behaviors (Sanches Oliva et al., 2017). During the school period, positive attitudes towards sports can be formed in this period as the attitudes, self-efficacy, social skills, personality traits of the individuals on certain subjects are shaped and become a lifestyle (Balyan et al., 2012; Akıncı, Indonesian Journal of Sport Management Mehmet Şakir Salar, Hulusi ALP, 1(1), 2021, 20-30 22 2020b). The situation of individuals who are interested in sports, who make sports a part of their life, who strive to do sports at an elite level in the future, and who do sports at an elite level, reflects their attitudes towards s ports (Şentürk, 2015). With the explanation of the basic concepts of the research, it was made in order to determine the attitudes of the teachers in different branches who were selected as the target group in the study and working in the province of Aydın towards sports. METHOD In the research, scanning model, which is one of the non-experimental quantitative research types, was used. In the non-experimental research model, the researcher does not make any intervention. The existing situation is being examined within the scope of the research (Şata, 2020). The universe of the study was composed of teachers working in Aydın province, Nazilli district. The sample consisted of 403 teachers who voluntarily agreed to participate in the study. The data of the study and the scale forms of 403 teachers who make up the sample group were prepared on Google form and filled out on a voluntary basis. As a data collection tool, the Attitudes Towards Sports Scale (ATSS) was used. In the reliability analysis performed to determine the internal consistency of the scale, its total value was found to be 0.972. Interest in Sports Dimension was found as 0.972, Living with Sports Dimension as 0.983 and Active Sports Dimension as 0.954. In addition, there is no negative relationship between any item in the scale and the total correlation. The scale is rated between 1-5 in 5-point Likert type (Şentürk, 2012). A total of 403 people were reached, and 323 questionnaires were found suitable for analysis after 80 questionnaires that were found to be incomplete or inaccurate were removed. Descriptive statistics and parametric tests were used in the analysis of the data. The normality test was applied to the data set in order to determine which of the parametric tests is appropriate. Since the significance level was less than 0.05 according to the Kolmogorov-Smirnova test, it was seen that the data did not show normal distribution and non-parametric tests were found suitable for analysis. Mann Whitney-U test was used to compare two independent variables, and Kruskal Wallis H test was used to compare more than two variables. Tamhane's T2, one of the Post-Hoc tests, was used to detect the difference between multiple variables. RESULT AND DISCUSSION The highest variables in their own category are respectively 27.9% (n = 90) in the age variable of teachers, teachers in the age range of 22-30, female teachers with 57.3% (n = 185) in the gender variable, 71.8% in marital status (n = 232) married teachers, graduates with 86.1% (n = 278) in the education variable, 44.3% (n = 143) secondary school at the level of education they worked in, and 11.1% (n = 36) physical education and sports teachers in the branch variable. Table 1 shows descriptive statistics regarding the demographic characteristics of teachers. Indonesian Journal of Sport Management Mehmet Şakir Salar, Hulusi ALP, 1(1), 2021, 20-30 23 Table 1. Distribution of teachers' demographic data Variables Characteristics f % Age 22-30 90 27,9 31-35 78 24,1 36-40 62 19,2 41-45 42 13,0 46 60 51 15,8 Gender Female 185 57,3 Male 138 42,7 Marital Status Married 232 71,8 Single 91 28,2 Education Status License 278 86,1 Graduate 45 13,9 Education Level at Work Primary School 45 13,9 Middle School 143 44,3 High school 135 41,8 Branch Physical Education and Sports Teacher 36 11,1 Foreign Language Teachers 35 10,8 Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Science Teacher 27 8,4 Turkish and Literature Teacher 30 9,3 History, Geography and Social Studies Teacher 29 9,0 Music and Visual Arts Teacher 14 4,3 Preschool and Classroom Teacher 31 9,6 Special Education Teacher 30 9,3 Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher 19 5,9 PDR and Philosophy Teacher 18 5,6 Mathematics Teacher 31 9,6 Information Technologies, Vocational Courses and Technology Design Teacher 23 7,1 Total 323 100 Table 2. Comparison of teachers' attitudes Scale Sub- Dimensions Gender N Mean Rank Sum of Rank U z p Interest in Sports Famele 185 186,20 34447,50 8287,500 -5,398 ,000 Male 138 129,55 17878,50 Living with Sports Famele 185 180,72 33432,50 9302,500 -4,184 ,000 Male 138 136,91 18893,50 Playing Active Sports Famele 185 175,61 32488,00 10247,000 -3,041 ,002 Male 138 143,75 19838,00 When Table 2 is examined, it was seen that there is a statistically significant difference between the teachers' attitudes towards sports and the gender variable, in all sub-dimensions of the scale, according to the Mann Whitney U test results (p <0.05). Indonesian Journal of Sport Management Mehmet Şakir Salar, Hulusi ALP, 1(1), 2021, 20-30 24 Table 3.Comparison of teachers' attitudes towards sports according to marital status variable Scale Sub- Dimensions Marital Status N Mean Rank Sum of Rank U z p Interest in Sports Married 232 164,34 38127,50 10012,500 -,721 ,471 Single 91 156,03 14198,50 Living with Sports Married 232 161,62 37495,50 10467,500 -,118 ,906 Single 91 162,97 14830,50 Playing Active Sports Married 232 160,03 37126,00 10098,000 -,608 ,543 Single 91 167,03 15200,00 When Table 3 is examined, it has been observed that there is no statistically significant difference in all sub-dimensions of the scale between the teachers' attitudes towards sports and the marital status variable according to the Mann Whitney U test results (p> 0.05). Table 4. Comparison of teachers' attitudes towards sports according to educational level variable Scale Sub- Dimensions Education Status N Mean Rank Sum of Rank U z p Interest in Sports License 278 157,04 43657,00 4876,000 - 2,375 ,018 Graduate 45 192,64 8669,00 Living with Sports License 278 159,77 44415,00 5634,000 1,072 ,284 Graduate 45 175,80 7911,00 Playing Active Sports License 278 157,20 43700,50 4919,500 - 2,304 ,021 Graduate 45 191,68 8625,50 When Table 4 is examined, it was seen that there is a statistically significant difference between the teachers' attitudes towards sports and the educational status variable in the sub-dimensions of interest in sports and active sports according to the Mann Whitney U test results (p <0.05). Table 5. Comparison of teachers' attitudes towards sports by age variable Scale Sub-Dimensions Gender N Mean Rank X2 df p Interest in Sports 22-30 90 157,86 1,628 4 ,804 31-35 78 160,12 36-40 62 157,38 41-45 42 177,93 46-60 51 164,69 Living with Sports 22-30 90 160,19 1,306 4 ,860 31-35 78 165,96 36-40 62 158,69 41-45 42 173,52 46-60 51 153,67 Playing Active Sports 22-30 90 158,60 2,132 4 ,711 31-35 78 172,89 36-40 62 165,90 41-45 42 156,40 46-60 51 151,21 Indonesian Journal of Sport Management Mehmet Şakir Salar, Hulusi ALP, 1(1), 2021, 20-30 25 When Table 5 is examined, according to the Kruskal Wallis H test results, it was observed that there was no statistically significant difference between the teachers' attitudes towards sports and the age variable in all sub-dimensions of the scale (p> 0.05). Table 6. Comparison of teachers' attitudes towards sports according to the variable of education level they work in. Scale Sub- Dimensions Education Level at Work N Mean Rank X2 df p Interest in Sports Primary School 45 182,34 2,901 2 ,235 Middle School 143 162,21 High school 135 155,00 Living with Sports Primary School 45 183,73 3,607 2 ,165 Middle School 143 163,20 High school 135 153,49 Playing Active Sports Primary School 45 172,28 ,907 2 ,636 Middle School 143 157,52 High school 135 163,32 When Table 6 is examined, according to the Kruskal Wallis H test results, it was seen that there was no statistically significant difference between the teachers' attitudes towards doing sports and the educational level variable they work with in all sub-dimensions of the scale (p> 0.05). When Table 7 is examined, a statistically significant difference was observed between the teachers' attitudes towards sports and the branch variable in all sub- dimensions of the scale (p <0.05). Post-Hoc test was conducted to determine which groups caused the difference. In the sub-dimension of interest in sports, the attitude scores of Physical Education and Sports Teachers are Foreign Language Teachers (German and English), Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Science, Turkish and Literature, History, Geography and Social, Religion and Ethics, PDR and Philosophy, Mathematics and Information Technologies, Vocational Courses and Technology Design teachers' attitude scores. In the sub-dimension of Life with Sports, Physical Education and Sports Teachers' attitude scores are Foreign Language Teachers (German and English), Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Science, Turkish and Literature, Religion and Moral Knowledge, PDR and Philosophy, Mathematics and Information Technologies, Profession It is higher than the attitude scores of the courses and Technology Design teachers. In the Active Sports sub -dimension, Physical Education and Sports Teacher s' attitude scores are higher than all other teachers except Music and Visual Arts teachers. Indonesian Journal of Sport Management Mehmet Şakir Salar, Hulusi ALP, 1(1), 2021, 20-30 26 Table 7. Comparison of teachers' attitudes towards sports according to the branch variable Scale Sub- Dimen si- ons Branş N Mean Rank X 2 df p Post- Hoc Interes t in Sports 1Physical Education and Sports Teacher 36 250,22 58,238 11 ,00 1>2 1>3 1>4 1>5 1>9 1>10 1>11 1>12 2Foreign Language Teachers 35 126,23 3Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Science Teacher 27 134,06 4Turkish and Literature Teacher 30 164,93 5History, Geography and Social Studies Teacher 29 160,45 6Music and Visual Arts Teacher 14 172,43 7Preschool and Classroom Teacher 31 180,53 8Special Education Teacher 30 191,28 9Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher 19 107,00 10PDR and Philosophy Teacher 18 111,44 11Mathematics Teacher 31 137,40 12Information Technologies, Vocational Courses and Technology Design Teacher 23 157,91 Living with Sports 1Physical Education and Sports Teacher 36 236,36 50,639 11 ,00 0 1>2 1>3 1>4 1>9 1>10 1>11 1>12 2Foreign Language Teachers 35 139,93 3Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Science Teacher 27 149,35 4Turkish and Literature Teacher 30 148,55 5History, Geography and Social Studies Teacher 29 173,29 6Music and Visual Arts Teacher 14 175,39 7Preschool and Classroom Teacher 31 177,58 8Special Education Teacher 30 199,63 9Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher 19 93,39 10PDR and Philosophy Teacher 18 112,33 11Mathematics Teacher 31 145,19 12Information Technologies, Vocational Courses and Technology Design Teacher 23 137,30 Playing Active Sports 1Physical Education and Sports Teacher 36 258,71 56,007 11 ,00 0 1>2 1>3 1>4 1>5 1>7 1>8 1>9 1>10 1>11 1>12 2Foreign Language Teachers 35 150,19 3Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Science Teacher 27 156,39 4Turkish and Literature Teacher 30 150,93 5History, Geography and Social Studies Teacher 29 151,55 6Music and Visual Arts Teacher 14 160,21 7Preschool and Classroom Teacher 31 172,42 8Special Education Teacher 30 173,10 9Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher 19 105,66 10PDR and Philosophy Teacher 18 108,47 11Mathematics Teacher 31 139,10 12Information Technologies, Vocational Courses and Technology Design Teacher 23 154,67 In this study, teachers' attitudes towards doing sports; The way it differs according to gender, age, marital status, educational status, level of work and branch Indonesian Journal of Sport Management Mehmet Şakir Salar, Hulusi ALP, 1(1), 2021, 20-30 27 was examined. When the attitude scores of the teachers participating in the study are examined according to the gender variable, it is seen that there is a significant difference in all sub-dimensions of the scale (p <0.05). It has been observed that female teachers tend to do sports more than male teachers. The reason for this may have been effective in women's tendency to do more sports in order to lose weight and remain weak. Considering the literature studies conducted, there are studies that are similar and not similar to the research in terms of the results obtained. Atalay et al. (2015) found that the attitude towards sports is higher in favor of women according to the gender variable, and it is similar to the result of the study. Üner et al. (2019), Tomik et al. (2012) in Poland, it was found that male participants showed a higher attitude towards sports than female participants. Göksel et al. (2017) found no significant difference according to gender in the study. The result of this study is not similar to the result of the study. The reason for this can be considered as a result of being influenced by factors such as place of residence, age and living habits, although the two studies show similarities in terms of variables. There is no significant difference between the participants' attitudes towards sports in terms of age variable (p> 0.05). The lack of a meaningful difference between the age variable has increased the experience, experience and perspective of people with age, their level of enjoyment of life and the desire to live healthy, and the awareness of the problems brought by a sedentary life to human life with the benefits of technology in today's modern societies, and the participation of people in sports and sports organizations. It is thought to increase (Uğurlu, 2012). When the previous studies in the literature are examined in terms of their results (Varol et al., 2017; Atalay et al., 2015; Koçak, 2014), some studies show similar results with the study done, while some studies show that Kangalgil et al. (2006) found that there is a significant difference in terms of age in their study, and a significant difference in terms of the age variable in the study by Göksel and Caz (2016). It was found that there was no significant difference between the attitude towards sports and the marital status variable (p> 0.05). In the study conducted by Togo and Öztürk (2019), it was found that there was no difference in terms of age and attitude towards sports. Amount of meat. (2020) found a significant difference in his research. Considering that the life standards of married individuals ar e more planned and that single individuals tend to more different social activities, it can be thought that the reason for the difference is. There is a significant difference between the attitude towards sports and education variable (p <0.05). In the dimension of interest in sports and active sports, it is seen that postgraduate teachers' attitude scores towards sports are higher than undergraduate teachers (p> 0.05). Although there is no significant difference in the dimension of living with sports, attitude scores of graduate teachers are relatively higher than teachers at undergraduate level. It has been determined that there is no significant difference between the type of school they work in and their attitude towards sports. There was a statistically significant difference between the teachers' attitudes towards sports and the branch variable in all sub-dimensions of the attitude towards sports scale (p <0.05). In all subgroups, it is seen that physical education and sports teachers' atti tude scores are higher than other branches. 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Determining the attitudes of students studying at bartın university towards sports. International Journal of Cultural and Social Studies (UKSAD), 3 (2), 316-329 Copyright holder: ©(2021) Mehmet Şakir Salar, Hulusi ALP First publication right: Indonesian Journal of Sport Management This article is licensed under: