The main purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of spiritual intelligence and optimistic on creativity of team and individual athletes of Trabzon University. In order to measure the spiritual intelligence, the optimism and the creativity variable, the standard questionnaires (Amram and Dryer, 2008), (Webber and Smokowski, 2018) and…

This paper addresses the lack of international knowledge and research in interdisciplinary curriculum development and teaching in the subjects of Physical Education and Geography. The authors analysed and compared elementary school curricular documents from two ex-communist countries, the Czech Republic and the Republic of Slovenia (an…

Purpose: Quality physical education (PE) reaches many objectives (e.g., knowledge, physical fitness, and physical skills) and could provide at least half the dose of recommended daily physical activity for youths if their opportunity to learn is provided according to national professional recommendations (min/week) and related state mandates. A…

The aim of this study is to determine teaching styles of faculty members employed in several universities in Turkey. To that end, 105 faculty members employed in Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Atatürk University, Erzurum Technical University, Bartin University, Sakarya University, Adiyaman University, Karamanoglu Mehmet Bey University and…

The aim of this study was to determine middle school students' perceptions of physical education teachers (PETs) through metaphors and drawings. This was a qualitative study in which phenomenology and purposeful sampling were used. The study sample consisted of 200 middle school students in Ordu/Turkey in the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 academic…

The article mainly focuses on the relationship between the physical education (PE) lesson and Syrian refugee students (SRS), who have been enrolled in public schools in Adiyaman/Turkey. The study investigates how PE contributes to the adaptation of SRS and which parameters are more effective on reducing the traumas which come with immigration. The…

This article describes simple techniques for adding interactive elements to bulletin boards to not only capture students' interest, but to also help further their knowledge of key physical education concepts and skills.

Background/Purpose: This aspect of this study examined physical education teacher education (PETE) program coordinators' perspectives on their role in student recruitment, including common recruitment strategies and their effectiveness, perceived barriers to engaging in program recruitment, and commonly used marketing strategies. Method: Data were…

The elementary school years are a particularly crucial time for children to engage in quality physical education (PE). Increasing the proportion of elementary schools that require daily PE is a Healthy People 2020 objective. Concerns over deficiencies in the quantity and quality of PE in California, especially in elementary schools, have been…

The aim of this study is to evaluate the forgiveness and psychological resilience of the pre-service teachers in the department of physical education and sports in sports education and psychology according to different variables. The study group consisted of 479 university students studying in Kahramanmaras, Gaziantep, Burdur, Denizli and Mersin…

The objective of this study is to determine the personality traits and empathetic tendency levels of students of the coaching education department. In addition to that, the empathetic tendency levels of students of the coaching education department were compared according to some characteristics. The research was conducted as a survey model. 347…

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of education programs on dance performance in youth sports dancers. Fifty-four subjects (aged 9-11 years) volunteered to participate in a 12 wk education program and were randomly assigned to three groups. The experimental group one (EG-1) trained in Dance sport 2 d.wk[superscript -1] and…

College athletics is currently in the midst of a building boom in which universities are competing with each other to reach an always-increasing standard of lavish athletic facilities. While these facilities are costing in the tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, little research is examining the return on investment for athletic programs. The…

The article highlights that the increasing quality of goods and services in physical education depends on human resourcing and indicates the need to improve the quality of physical education and training of specialists for successful self-realization in the modern labour market. The author considers sports entrepreneurship to be a special kind of…

Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine whether the types of leadership make a statistically significant difference in terms of university, department, and gender variables. Materials and Methods: A total of 100 university students, 37 (37.0%) female, and 63 (63.0%) male, participated in the study. The sample of the study includes 46 (46%)…