Trainer Candidates' Perceptions on the Concept of Physical Education and Sport: A Metaphorical Study
Chapter from the book:
Zorba,
E.
&
Yaşın,
İ.
(eds.)
2023.
Sports Paradigms II.
Synopsis
The ease of life brought by today's technology age causes immobile life to increase day by day. This is the basis of important health problems. In order to protect the health of our generations, childhood body education and sports habit play a life-saving role. In this case, awareness of the unbelievable importance of body education and sports should be earned to society. The purpose of this research is 1 studying in the Department of Coaching at the Faculty of Sports Sciences. It is to determine the metaphorical perceptions of class students regarding the concept of Physical Education and Sport. Research data was obtained from 23 people studying coaching during the fall of 2022-2023 education year. "The research includes ""Body Education and Sport………………………"" was used from the configured interview form." The collected data is analyzed and interpreted by content analysis. With the analysis, 7 metaphors appeared and were collected under 3 main themes. As a result of the research, students have positive perceptions against physical education and physical education in metaphors they produced for sports.