Investigation of Physical Education Teachers' Altruism Features

OpenAlex İngilizce

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.