Investigation of technology competence self-evaluation levels and technological pedagogical content knowledge competencies of physical education and sports teachers

In this research, which was conducted to examine the physical education and sports teachers' technology competence self-assessment levels and technological pedagogical content knowledge levels of physical education and sports teachers, 1003 individuals who are physical education and sports teachers across Turkey participated. Within the scope of the current research, the "Teachers' 21st Century Technology Competencies Self-Assessment" scale was used to determine the technological self-efficacy of physical education teachers, while the "Teachers' Technological-Pedagogical Content Knowledge" scale was used to determine their technological and pedagogical content knowledge levels. The analysis of the data collected through google forms in the spring semester of 2023-2024 was carried out in the SPSS 26.00 package program. Skewness and kurtosis values were examined to determine the distribution of the data obtained within the scope of the research and it was determined that the data showed a normal distribution. In this context, parametric test methods were utilized in the current research. As a result, it was found that female physical education teachers had higher levels of technological self-efficacy and technological pedagogical content knowledge than male teachers, and teachers with postgraduate education had higher levels of technological self-efficacy than teachers with undergraduate education. In addition to all these, it was determined that as the age and years of service of physical education teachers increased, their levels of technology self-efficacy and technological pedagogical content knowledge decreased, while the levels of e-mail, www, integrated applications and teaching with technology increased as the technology, pedagogy, field, technological field, pedagogical field, technology pedagogy and technological pedagogical content knowledge competencies of physical education teachers increased. Keywords: Education, Pedagogical content knowledge, Teacher, Technology.