Effective role in out-of-school learning: physical education teachers' organizational skills

In this study, which aims to determine the levels of physical education and sports teachers' organizing out-of-school learning, the survey model was used. The participant group of the study consists of 399 physical education and sports teachers working in Eskişehir and Kütahya. Demographic information form and "Out of School Learning Regulation Scale" (Bolat & Köroğlu, 2020) were used as data collection tools. The data were evaluated by independent samples T-test and one-way analysis of variance after normality analysis. The results of the data analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the sample group according to gender, years of professional service, extracurricular activity level of teachers and in-service training seminar variables. On the other hand, it turned into decided that physical education and sports teachers had high tiers of out-of-school learning to know and organize out-of-school learning getting to know (114,08±30,7). According to the results of the research, it can be said that the reason why physical education and sports teachers' levels of organizing out-of-school learning environments are high is that the nature of physical education and sports course includes activities that emphasize learning by doing and experiencing, which contributes positively to teachers' competencies in organizing out-of-school learning.