Determining the job satisfaction levels of physical education and sports teachers (example of Gi̇resun)

Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the job satisfaction of the Physical Education and Sports Teachers working in the Giresun Provincial Directorate of National Education. Materials and Methods: In order to collect data in the study, a scale form consisting of 2 parts was filled by the participants and applied. A total of 180 physical education and sports teachers, 144 male and 36 female, working in Giresun Provincial Directorate of National Education in the 2019-2020 academic year participated in the study. The scale used in the research consists of two parts. In the first part; A demographic information form (Appendix 2) developed by the researcher was used. In the second part, a 20-item 5-point Likert type Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale with 2 sub-dimensions (inner commitment and outer commitment) developed by Weiss, Davis, England, Lofquist (1967) and adapted to Turkish by Baycan (1985) was used to measure the job satisfaction of public employees. The Cronbach Alpha value of the scale was found to be 0.77. The obtained data were transferred to electronic media and subjected to various statistical analyzes using SPSS v22.0 statistical software for Microsoft Windows. Since the data showed normal distribution, t-test was applied in binary variables, and one-way anova test was performed in triple and more variables. Results: As a result of the analysis, no significant difference was found in the internal, external and general satisfaction scores of physical education and sports teachers according to the variables of gender, marital status, education level, school, place of work, age, monthly income and years of service. Conclusion: As a result of the research, there is no significant difference in the job satisfaction levels of physical education and sports teachers according to the variables of gender, marital status, education level, school, place of work, age, monthly income and years of service. However, it was determined that there was a numerical difference in the variable of the school he worked in. While the job satisfaction perceptions of the teachers working in primary schools were found numerically high, the job satisfaction of teachers working in high schools was found to be low numerically. As a matter of fact, it can be said that the job satisfaction levels of the physical education and sports teachers participating in this research are not a determining factor according to the mentioned variables Keywords: Giresun, Physical Education and Sports Teacher, Job Satisfaction, National Education