A comparison on of self-efficacy perception and social physical anxiety levels of teacher candidates at Physical Education Department

Abstract

The aim of this research is to define the self efficacy perception levels of the teacher candidates and social physique anxiety to compare the results according to some variables. This research who studied in Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Çukurova, Uludağ and Cumhuriyet University and department of Physical education and sports department and who are on the stage of graduation in 2007–2008 School Term took part in.Teacher Self efficacy scale which was developed by Aydin and his collegues (2004) in order to define the self efficacy perception of the students and adopted to our country's conditions through a reliability and validity work was applied in the research. The collected data was analyzed by the SPSS ‘13.0 statistic analysis software.While the Mann House U test was used for observing the difference between two groups, Kruskal Wallis test was used for observing the differences between more that two groups depending on variables.As a result of this study, teacher candidates significant statistical difference could not be found depending on self efficacy perception levels of students with reference on their sex. But teacher candidates significant statistical difference social physique anxiety perception grades of the students was found high the women with the men (p<0.01). In addition to a medial of negative relation was observed between the teacher candidates self efficacy perception levels and social physique anxiety (r=-204, p<.05), a medial level of negative relation was observed between the age and social physique anxiety of teacher candidates.