Abstract

This study was conducted to determine job satisfaction levels of physical education teachers. The population of the study consists of 1953 physical education teachers working in public secondary schools and high schools of the Ministry of National Education (MEB) in Ankara in the 2017-2018 academic year. The sample of the study consists of 265 physical education teachers working in Ankara. Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) with 20 questions was used as the data collection tool. In addition, a personal information form consisting of 7 items related to the professional and personal information of the respondents was developed. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS 21 package program. Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis H and ANOVA tests were used for data analysis. The findings of the research revealed that the physical education teachers who participated in the study were generally satisfied with their profession. It was also found that gender and marital status had no significant impact on the job satisfaction levels of the physical education teachers (p>0.05), while a significant difference was detected between teachers who work in schools where sufficient amount of sports equipment is available and those working in schools that lack enough equipment (p<0.001).

Key words: Teaching, physical education teacher, job satisfaction, sport.