Multidimensional 21st century professional development of physical education teachers an analysis of century skills and creative thinking tendencies

The aim of this research is to examine the multidimensional 21st century competencies of physical education teachers. To identify 21st century skills and creative thinking tendencies, examine the relationships between these variables, and 21st it is to reveal the prediction level of creative thinking tendencies of century skills. The research was conducted in relational screening model. The study group consisted of 218 physical education teachers working in different provinces of Turkey. During the data collection process, the Personal Information Form is Multidimensional 21. The 21st Century Skills Scale and the Marmara Creative Thinking Tendencies Scale were used. The data were analyzed in IBM SPSS statistical package program (version 27), descriptive statistics, Pearson Product Moments Correlation Analysis and simple and multiple linear regression analyses were used. Research findings indicate that physical education teachers are both multidimensional 21st century... They have shown that they possess high levels of scores in both 21st-century skills and creative thinking tendencies. According to the results of the correlation analysis, multidimensional 21. There are positive and significant relationships between 21st-century skills and creative thinking tendencies. The results of multiple regression analysis revealed that career awareness and entrepreneurship and innovation skills are significant predictors of creative thinking tendencies. On the other hand, it has been determined that critical thinking, problem solving, social responsibility and leadership skills do not have a significant predictive effect on creative thinking. As a result of simple linear regression analysis, the multidimensional score is 21. It has been determined that century skills explain 21% of the variance in creative thinking tendencies. In conclusion, it demonstrates that there is a strong connection between contemporary teacher competencies and creative thinking tendencies, and that teachers in the 21st century. It indicates that developing 21st-century skills can support creative thinking.