Expectations of Prospective Class Teachers From Physical Education and Game Teaching Lesson

Abstract

The aim of this research is to determine the expectations of prospective class teachers in order to reach the goals of Physical Education and Game Teaching lessons which are given in the Classroom Teaching Departments of Faculties of Education. In this research made in a qualitative model, interview form has been used as a data collection tool. Our study group include 165 (95 women, 70 men) prospective class teachers who are studying in the Department of Classroom Teaching at Gaziantep University and volunteer for this research. The acquired data have been interpreted by gathering close data, particular concepts and topics which occur in consequence of being handled by the content analysis method that is often used in qualitative research methods. As a result, the expectations of prospective class teachers are about that the lesson is given due importance, the course is taught practically, the instructor who teaches the course is more effective, the plays which are for children's education as well as their physical and mental development are diversified, the importance of the plays is evoked, course hours are increased and this course is a vital need for prospective class teachers.