Examination of physical education teacher's emotions, attitudes and concerns about inclusive education

The aim of this research is to determine whether the feelings, attitudes and concerns of physical education teacher candidates about inclusive education differ according to the gender and grade of education variable of the teacher candidates; to examine whether there is a relationship between emotion, attitude and anxiety level. In the study, correlational research was the design. The sample included 77 females and 69 males. The Demographic Information Form and the Sentiments, Attitudes, and Concerns about Inclusive Education Scale were used as data collection tools. The findings obtained as a result of the analysis carried out to determine whether the sentiments, attitudes, and concerns of the physical education teacher candidates participating in the research differ according to the gender of the candidates revealed that there is no statistically significant difference between the sentiments, attitudes, and anxiety scores of the female and male physical education teacher candidates. The findings obtained as a result of the analysis conducted to reveal whether the pre-service teachers' sentiments, attitudes, and concerns towards inclusive education differ according to the class they are studying in found no statistically significant difference between their anxiety and anxiety scores. As a result of the analysis carried out with the aim of revealing whether the feelings, attitudes, and concerns of the pre-service teachers towards inclusive education differ according to the class they are studying, it was found that there is no statistically significant difference between the sentiments, attitudes, and anxiety scores of the pre-service teachers studying in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades. As a result of the analysis conducted to determine whether there is a statistically significant relationship between the sentiments, attitudes, and concerns of the physical education teacher candidates participating in the research, it was revealed that there is a statistically positive, moderately significant relationship between the sentiments and concerns scores of the teacher candidates.