Abstract
Purpose of the research: it is aimed to examine whether the levels of altruism of Physical Education and sports teachers differ according to some variables. This research consists of a total of 126 teachers, 35 women and 91 men, who work as physical education and sports teachers at primary education secondary grade and secondary schools in Kütahya province. In the research, ‘Personal Information Form’ developed by the researcher and the 20-item Altruism scale, which consists of two factors and was formed by Ersanlı and Çabuker (2015) with the aim of developing a measurement tool that can measure the individual’s level of altruism and that is suitable for Turkish society and culture. In reliability validity analysis, Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient was found as α=.76.The analysis related to the questionnaire form used in the research and the scale was done through the SPSS 22 program. Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis test were conducted for more than two independent sample groups. As a result of the research; when the results were analyzed according to gender, age, place of duty, school type, year variables of teachers working as physical education and sports teachers, no significant difference was seen due to the high level of teachers’ altruism points.
Highlights
It is possible to see the definitions of altruism as different terms in many fields of education and other social sciences
In order to measure the effect on altruism levels in the research, when the results were analyzed according to gender, age, duty place, school type, year variables of teachers working as physical education and sports teachers, there was no significant difference due to the high level of teachers’ altruism
While it was observed that there was no difference between the gender, sports status, disability degree, education and sports branch and self-level of the hearing impaired, there was a relationship between incomes and self-esteem levels
Summary
It is possible to see the definitions of altruism as different terms in many fields of education and other social sciences. The features that make people human come from the principle of ‘to exist to exist’ The essence of this principle is to love, to respect, not to marginalize, to share, to realize its responsibilities in this regard and to fulfil its needs on the ground of tolerance. In order to reveal the most basic definition, the definition in the Turkish Language Institution dictionary should be addressed Considering this definition, it is seen that altruism has two main features: to be helpful/help others, not to expect rewards/benefits/interests for yourself. Comte and Spencer, based on the idea that each person’s main obligation is to devote himself to others, to society ” (Oğuzkan, 1974) When it is considered as the term of philosophy, it is seen that it has the definition of “the view that makes the principle of living and acting for the good of others” (Akarsu, 1975). A more philosophically more detailed definition is Cevizci’s (1999) definition
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