The assessment of perceptions physical education and classroom teachers about physical education and physical activity barriers

The Assessment of Perceptions Physical Education and Classroom Teachers about Physical Education and Physical Activity Barriers ABSTRACT Objective: The purpose of this research is to determine the perception of physical education and Classroom teachers about physical education and physical activity barriers. Method: The sample group consists of 365 Physical Education teachers and 521 Classroom teachers people that work in Antalya in primary and secondary schools with a total number of 886 persons. In this research the scale of "The Perceived Barriers to the Delivery of Quality Physical Education" is used which is developed by Kinnunen and Lewis (2013). The scale consists of four dimensions. (Financial-Logistic, Teacher, Institute, physical education standarts) The scale is graded by calculating the arithmetic mean. If scale material and arithmetic mean is high, that means the handicap/barrier perception level of the individual is high in a negative sense. In the field application of the scale Cronbach Alfa value is determined as 0.864 as a total; in the subdimensions, Financial logistic 0.806, Teacher-based 0.739, institutional 0.727 and Physical education standarts factor is determined as 0.688. In the statistical analyses, Student's- T test, Mann-Whitney U test, One-Way Anova Test, Kruskal Wallis test and Bonferroni-corrected Mann-Whitney U Test are used. In the statistical evaluations, significance value is taken as p<0.05. Results: The teachers' financial-logistic, Institutional dimension and scale total points statistically show significance difference according to their graduation courses (p<0,05). The barrier perception level of the Physical Education teachers, which is obtained from the financial-logistic and institutional dimension and scale total point, is found to be higher than the barrier perception level of Class teachers. Conclusion: In financial-logistic dimension; insufficiency of facilities, materials and equipments and lack of financial fund, not giving importance to the lesson, is perceived as the common barrier for physical education and physical activities. Key words: Physical education, physical activity, teacher, barrier.