EVALUATION OF PRİMARY SCHOOL TEACHER'S GAME AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS

Abstract

For most of the scientists, the best way of knowing the child is in the game. Children gain many skills while playing. Generally, children learn behaviors such as learning, making effective decisions, doing business together, honesty, sharing, respecting others, loving friends, helping others. The child follows the skills of transitioning to adulthood through play and makes it practical and perfection. The aim of this study is to reveal the expectations of elementary school teachers from the lessons of games and physical activities. Primary school teachers in the study; games and physical activities lessons were tried to be determined. Open-ended questions developed by the researcher as a means of data collection in the research were presented to the classroom teachers. Using the interview method which is a qualitative research method in the research, the data obtained from 20 elementary school teachers working in schools affiliated to Igdir Provincial Directorate of National Education in the academic year of 2017-2018 were analyzed by content analysis method. As a result of the research; that the classes are crowded, the physical environment is inadequate, and that the teachers who attend the courses have had problems in their undergraduate education due to lack of education about this course and that these should be solved. The class teachers who participated in the research reached this lesson that the physical education teachers should enter and that they should be provided in-service training within the scope of this course. Article visualizations: