The relationship between self-managed learning skills and perceptions of the career future of sports management department students

This study was conducted to examine the relationships between the self-directed learning skills of sports management department students and their career futures. In addition, it was also examined whether the self-directed learning skills and career future perceptions of the students differed according to their descriptive characteristics such as age, gender, grade level, academic career status, and overall grade point average. Quantitative research method was used in the study. In this context, in order to examine the relationships between students' self-directed learning skills and career future perceptions of the sports management department. the research was designed in a relational survey model and a causal comparison model to determine the difference between selected variables and self-directed learning skills and career future perceptions. The population of the research is students of Faculty of Sports Sciences and School of Physical Education and Sports, Department of Sports Management, located in the Marmara Region in the 2021-2022 academic year, the sample is determined by convenience sampling method, Istanbul Gelisim University, Kocaeli University, Sakarya University Sports It consisted of 351 volunteer participants who were trained in the management department. In the study, data were collected with a personal information form, Self-Managed Learning Skills Scale and Career Future Scale (KARGEL). The obtained data were analyzed by means of SPSS 22.0 statistical program in computer environment. Frequency and percentage statistics were used to determine the descriptive characteristics of the participants, and median (25th-75th percentile), mean and standard deviation statistics were used to determine their self-directed learning skills and career future perceptions. The test of conformity to the normal distribution Kolmogorow-Smirnov test was applied. The relationships between students' self-directed learning skills and career future perceptions were examined by Spearman Correlation analysis. Mann-Whitney and Kruskal Wallis Tests were applied according to the results of the normality tests to be performed on the obtained data. The level of significance in statistical procedures was accepted as 0.05. As a result of the research; It has been determined that students have a high level of self-directed learning skills and have a high level of career future perception. It has been determined that there are positive and significant relationships between students' self-directed learning skills and all dimensions that determine their career future perceptions. It was determined that while the self-directed learning skills of the students differed according to their gender, age, grade point average and their thoughts on making an academic career, they did not differ according to their classes. It has been determined that the career future perceptions of the students do not differ according to their classes and the idea of making an academic career, but differ according to their gender, age and general grade point averages.