The attitudes of classroom teachers working in rural areas towards physical education and game lesson and the examination of the difficulties they face (Şanlıurfa province rural region case study

Today, when the roles of the learner and the teacher are changing, the Physical Education and Game course is not far from this context. The Physical Education and Game course is updated in this direction in accordance with the changing conditions and opportunities. As a result of the developing conditions, classroom teachers working in rural areas are disadvantaged in the opportunity and implementation phase. The inadequacy of the areas where the Physical Education and Game course will be held and the lack or absence of the materials necessary for the teaching of this course also affect the teachers' teaching of this course. The aim of this study is to examine the attitudes of classroom teachers working in rural areas of Şanlıurfa towards Physical Education and Game course and the difficulties they face from different perspectives. In this study, relational survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used. The population of the study consists of 6527 classroom teachers working in Şanlıurfa Provincial Directorate of National Education. In determining the sample, classroom teachers (n=857) who will represent the universe to be selected by random sampling method working in district schools were reached on the basis of volunteerism. In the study, the 5-point Likert-type 'Classroom Teachers' Attitude Scale for Physical Education Lesson' (SÖBEDTÖ) consisting of 23 questions and the 5-point Likert-type "Classroom Teachers" Problem Scale for Physical Education Lesson' (SÖBEDPÖ) consisting of 21 items developed by Yıldız (2010) were used. The result obtained as a result of the research is that positive attitudes are exhibited towards physical education and game depth, storage in physical education and game depth is high in the functional dimension and has the lowest average in the emotional dimension. While they experience very serious problems in the problems they encounter in physical education and game depth in the classroom, it is seen that there are deficiencies in the lesson processing processes. It has been determined that the teachers' competence levels are at a medium level and that teacher competencies can be revealed. Student processes, which are among the problem dimensions, are at the lowest determined average and this result has been reached because the majority of the problems encountered consist of students. It has been determined that the parent crisis dimension is above the average and the opportunity tension has the highest average. It has been determined that female class teachers experience more problems than male class teachers, both by parents and in general. While class teachers working in Halfeti district exhibit positive attitudes towards physical education and game depth, it has been determined that the recovery process is more negative in Hilvan district. It has been determined that attitudes towards physical education and game depth have become more positive with the steps taken with professional experience. As a result, it is seen that their attitudes towards physical education and detailed strategy are positive, and the most important elements of the problems they encounter are the competence and opportunity dimensions.