EXAMINING THE ATTITUDES OF SPORTS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS STUDYING IN DIFFERENT PROVINCES TOWARDS THE TEACHING PROFESSION

Abstract

This study aims to determine the attitudes of sports high school students towards the teaching profession. General screening model, one of the screening models, was used in the research. The sample of the study consists of 146 volunteer students studying in Adıyaman, Elazığ and Malatya and selected from the population by simple random sampling method. In the study, “the scale for students’ attitude towards the teaching profession” was used. Based on the answers given by the students to the items of the scale, it was determined that the students studying in Adıyaman and Elazığ sports high schools have higher perception scores relating to the teaching profession than the students studying in Malatya. In addition, it was found that male students studying in the 3rd and 4th grades in Adıyaman have higher attitude levels towards the teaching profession than male and female students studying in the 3rd and 4th grades in other provinces.