Examination of Student Control Ideologies and Leadership Behaviors of Physical Education and Sports Teachers in Terms of Different Variables

Abstract

Purpose: Teachers are usually said to have problems about classroom management and student behaviors at instructional mediums. Each teacher develops a control mechanism of his or her own to overcome these problems. The aim of this study is to examine student control ideologies and leadership behaviors of physical education and sports teachers in terms of gender and job experience variables. Method: Participants of the study were 45 female, 69 male, totally 114 volunteer physical education and sports teachers working for Ministry of Education. Data collection tools used for the study was developed by Yilmaz (2007) and "Student Behavior Control Approaches Survey". Data were analyzed by using T-test and MANOVA. Findings: As a result of the analysis, it was found out that there was a significant difference at supportive leadership sub-dimension in terms of gender at the comparison of gender and job experience variables. However, there was not any significant difference in terms of peremptory leadership. As for occupational seniority, there was a significant difference at peremptory leadership sub-dimension; nevertheless, there was no difference at supportive leadership sub-dimension. Result: Student control ideologies and leadership behaviors of physical education and sports teachers in terms of gender and job experience variables were analyzed in this study. The reason for having significant difference at supportive leadership between female and male teachers at the scale might stem from females' being more understanding than males by birth. As to the results about occupational seniority variable, the reason for having significant difference at peremptory leadership sub-dimension might stem from teachers' being more controller as they spend more time in their occupations.