Sport sciences faculty students' level of relating the knowledge they acquired during their education with daily life

Due to the fact that many positive effects of physical education and sports on people are known, the place of sports in human life has grown day by day and has become an indispensable part of life. In order to respond to the need for raising healthy generations, it is very important to take encouraging measures for the development of sports and to implement the practices. Especially recently, knowing the many benefits of sports in terms of physical, mental, emotional and social aspects supports sports to keep its place on the agenda. The main purpose of this research is to determine the level of associating the knowledge gained during their education with the daily life of the students of the Faculty of Sports Sciences. In this research, the relational survey model, which is one of the general survey models, was designed. The research area is Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University, Faculty of Sports Sciences, located in the center of Tokat. Questionnaires were delivered to students in September and November of 2022 and survey data were collected. After the pilot application with the data collection tools, the main application was made and the factors of the scale were determined. A total of 276 participants (students) were taken as a sample in the study. 149 (54%) of the participants consisted of women and 127 men (46%) were male participants (Table 4.10). According to the results in the table, the difference between the classes of the participants in terms of the use of the education received was significant (p=0.033; p<0.05). The difference of the class in terms of the application of education to daily life was found to be significant (p=0.020; p<0.05). Another sub-dimension, the adequacy of the education received, differed significantly according to the grade level (p=0.049; p<0.05). The difference between the last sub-dimension, the dimension of regulating life by education, according to grade level was found to be statistically significant (p=0.041; p<0.05) (Table: 4.19). The difference between the participants' status of having an athlete's license in terms of the application of education to daily life was found to be significant. (p=0.014; p<0.05) (Table4.24). It was seen that the gender, class level, father's education status, monthly income level and the status of doing sports activities of the participants differ according to the scale. In addition, it has been observed that there is a positive relationship between the adequacy of the training received by the participants and its application to daily life. The difference between the participants' status of having an athlete's license in terms of the application of education to daily life was found to be significant. Keywords: Sport, Education, Physical Education.