Sports Sciences Faculty students' experience, preference and perceptions regarding teaching styles

This research was carried out to determine the teaching styles experiences of the students of the faculty of sports sciences in physical education classes, the styles they will prefer in the future and their perceptions about these teaching styles. The cross-sectional survey model, one of the quantitative research approaches, was used in the research. While the population of the research was formed by the students of the Faculty of Sports Sciences, the sample consisted of students studying at the Faculty of Sports Sciences of Balıkesir University. "Personal Information Form" and "Physical Education Teachers Teaching Styles Value Perceptions Questionnaire" were used as data collection tools in the research. The obtained data were analyzed with the SPSS program. In the study, ±1 skewness and kurtosis criteria were used for the normality distribution to determine which difference tests would be used, and the Levene test results were used to determine the homogeneity of the variances related to the groups. Accordingly, it was determined that the data set for parametric tests showed a normal distribution. Participants stated that they experienced the command, exercise and participation styles the most in the past, while they experienced the student's design, self-teaching and self-supervision styles the least. In addition, the participants stated that the styles they would most prefer when they became physical education teachers in the future, respectively, would be practice, participation, pair work and command styles, while the styles they would prefer the least were self-teaching, self-supervision and student design styles, respectively.