Examining the relationship between the attitude of physical education and sports teachers towards the profession and the levels of free time satisfaction

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the attitude of physical education and sports teachers in Kastamonu province towards physical education teaching profession and free time satisfaction levels according to some demographic variables. The universe of the research consists of Physical Education and sports teachers working in Kastamonu provincial and district directorates, village schools and private schools in the period 2018-2019. The sample of the study consisted of 130 physical education and sports teachers working in public schools and 5 working in private schools in Kastamonu province. Of these physical education and sports teachers, 34 are women and 131 are men. During the calculation of the analyses of the collected data, SPSS 22.0 package program was used. During the research process, the researcher developed by "personal information form", beard and Ragheb (1980) developed by the Turkish Orhan Gökçe and adaptation (2011) made by "leisure satisfaction scale" and celebrity (2011), developed by "physical education towards teaching profession attitude scale" was used. Since the data show normal distribution, parametric tests were used in the analysis of the data. The analysis of the data was conducted using frequency, percentage, t-test, Anova and Pearson correlation tests. A significant difference was found in the attitudes of physical education teachers towards the physical education teaching profession according to gender variable (p<0.05). The "social", "physiological" and "aesthetic" sub-dimensions of physical education teachers were significantly correlated with the free time satisfaction sub-dimensions according to the Sports year variable (p<0.05). A significant correlation was found in the total free time satisfaction scores of physical education teachers according to the sport year variable (p<0.05). Significant relationships were found in the "educational" and "social" sub-dimensions of physical education teachers ' free time satisfaction sub-dimensions according to family income level (p<0.05). A significant relationship was found in the "social" sub dimension of physical education teachers according to the free time sub dimension according to daily free time periods (p<0.05). There was no significant difference between free time satisfaction sub-dimensions and free time satisfaction total scores according to the gender variable (p>0.05). There was no significant correlation between age and free time satisfaction sub-dimensions, free time satisfaction total scores and attitudes towards the physical education teaching profession (p>0.05). There was no significant relationship between the year of employment and the lower dimensions of free time satisfaction, total scores of free time satisfaction and attitudes towards the teaching profession of physical education (p>0.05). There was no significant correlation between sports year and free time satisfaction total scores and attitudes towards physical education teaching profession (p>0.05). There was no significant correlation between family income level and free time satisfaction total scores and attitudes towards the physical education teaching profession (p>0.05). There was no significant difference between the number of children in the family and the lower dimensions of free time satisfaction, total scores of free time satisfaction and attitudes towards the teaching profession of physical education (p>0.05). There was no significant difference between the location of the assignment and the satisfaction sub-dimensions of the free time, satisfaction total scores of the free time and attitudes towards the teaching profession of physical education (p>0.05). There was no significant correlation between daily free time and free time satisfaction total scores and attitudes towards the physical education teaching profession (p>0.05). There was no significant relationship between attitudes towards physical education and sports teaching profession and free time satisfaction levels (p>0.05). As a result, it was found that the levels of free time satisfaction and attitude towards the profession of physical education and sports teachers differed according to some demographic variables, and there was no significant relationship between free time satisfaction and attitude towards the profession.