EVALUATION OF COTERIE TEACHERS’ COMMITTEE ACCORDING TO THE VIEWS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS

Abstract

Teachers are responsible for implementation of education- teaching activities in the first degree. In the success of ımplemented
activities in a school, the major responsibility, undoubtedly, belongs to teachers. Therefore, it is quite important that teachers
work in a coordinated manner and move in together in the school. On account of this, coterie teachers’ committee meetings are
very important for the effectiveness of education and teaching process. This study was conducted to determine the opinions of
physical education teachers about coterie teachers’ committee. In the research, it is tried to determine that opinions of physical
education teacher about coterie teachers’ committee, whether they received or not received any in-service training and how
much time it is, whether they have sufficient knowledge about the establishment of coterie teachers’ committee, operation and purpose, whether coterie teachers’ committee has contribution to realization of the purpose of teaching physical education,
decisions of coterie teachers’ committee how and with whom is created, benefits of coterie teachers’ committee, opinions on
the necessity of coterie teachers’ committee, what proposals are on the activities of coterie teachers’ committee. In the research,
by using the case study that is one of the qualitative research methods, the data analyzed with content analysis method that
obtained from 20 physical education teachers who work in the schools that connected to the Ministry of education in the
province of Kahramanmaraş and Gaziantep.
As a result of the research, the majority of the physical education teachers’ idea is that coterie teachers’ committee is a useful
application and effective because the committee provides taking joint decisions. Also, it can be said that the committee has
contribution to realization of the objectives of the course, provides to hear different opinions, is effective in providing area and
planning. Beside this, it is recommended that the decisions that are taken in coterie teachers’ committee need to be supported
in the later process, the branches need to be addressed in more detail in the meetings, the taken decisions need to be applied
and the meetings need to be done in a more regular way.