How should a physical education and sport teacher be? -The opinions of primary school students

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to reveal general characteristics and professional qualities of physical
education and sport teachers according to the opinions of primary school students. The study was conducted with
the participation of 408 students randomly chosen from those who study at 6th, 7th, and 8th grades of three
primary schools in Osmangazi, Bursa. The students were asked to answer one open-ended question and content
analysis method was used to analyze the data. The data obtained from the analysis were classified into two
categories as “general characteristics of a physical education and sport teacher” and “professional qualities of
physical education and sport teacher”. As a result, it is seen that the qualities of physical education and sport
teachers are: being tall in terms of appearance, being a tolerable person in terms of character, treating the
students well, considering students’ desire, having much sport knowledge, being a person who understands
students in terms of professional competency and being justly among the students