Evaluation of Pre-Service Teachers' Professional Attitudes and Self- Efficacy Perceptions According to Temperament Types: An Investigation on Physical Education and Sports Teaching Pedagogical Formation Certificate Program

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate teaching efficacy perceptions, the attitudes towards teaching profession and temperament types of pre-service physical education and sports teachers who receive pedagogical formation education. The study was based on quantitative design and accordingly relational screening model was conducted. In the selection process of sample group of the study, cluster sampling method was used considering different universities. A total of 446 (Mean age= 23.18 +/- 2.79) pre-service physical education teachers receiving education in pedagogical formation program, participated in the study. Participants distributed as 179 females (Mean age= 22.85 +/- 2.93) and 267 males (Mean age= 23.39 +/- 2.68) according to gender variable. In data collection process, demographic information form, Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale, Attitudes towards Teaching Profession Scale and Nine Types Temperament Scale was applied. Besides, data were coded and analysed in SPSS 24.0 software package. Findings indicated significant differences in attitudes towards teaching profession between female and male pre-service physical education teachers with small effect size. In addition, there was strong correlation observed in individual teaching efficacy (intrinsic factors) and positive attitudes towards the teaching profession. Considering the findings of the study, it is recommended to train pre-service teachers with high individual teaching proficiency and to update teacher training certificate programs with assessment evaluation systems to determine personality traits, professional attitudes and self-efficacy perceptions.