Department of physical education and sportsexamination of physical education teachers' information technology use levels

The aim of this study; The aim of this study is to determine the information technology usage levels of physical education teachers working in Diyarbakır. It is a study in the descriptive survey model in which the quantitative method is used. The sample of the research consists of 393 randomly selected physical education teachers working in public and private schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in Diyarbakır in the 2021-2022 academic year. In the research, the "Scale for Determining the Levels of Information Technology Use of Teachers" developed by Bayraktar (2015) was used and the obtained data were analyzed using the SPSS 22.0 package program. Within the scope of the research, it was concluded that physical education teachers have a high level of use of information technologies. According to the results of the research, no significant differences were found between male teachers and female teachers in terms of information technology use levels. Among the physical education teachers, the level of use of information technologies was higher for those who had postgraduate education. There was no significant difference in the level of use of information technologies of physical education teachers who received in-service training on technology compared to those who did not. The level of use of information technologies of physical education teachers working in high school is higher than physical education teachers working in secondary schools. Significant differences were found between the groups according to the variables of teachers' age and professional seniority. In addition, there were no significant differences in information technology usage levels according to the technologies in the school where the teachers work and that they personally own. As a result, the level of using information technologies of physical education teachers participating in our research is at a good level. The sample size of this study, in which the information technologies of physical education teachers working in Diyarbakir is measured, can be expanded and a more detailed study can be done, and better results can be obtained in terms of the level of use of information technologies by physical education teachers