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A RESEARCH ON CURIOSITY LEVELS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS TEACHERS (Kayseri Province Sample)Keywords: Curiosity , Physical Education and Sports Teacher Abstract: The purpose of research is to determine the curiosity level of physical education and sports teachers. Research was conducted with physical education and sports teachers (N=230) working in Kayseri during the 2011-2012 academic year. “The Curiosity Index (CI-3)” which was developed by Ainley (1987) and adapted into Turkish by Demirel and Co kun (2009) was used for data collection tools. In data analysis descriptive statistics, frequency (n), percentage (%), mean ( ) and standard deviation (Sd) were utilized. In order to explore the differences, non-parametrical tests Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests were used and SPSS 18.0 statistics package program was used to determine if there was a relationship among the data. According to the findings, women had higher curiosity level than men, singles had higher curiosity than married people and age group ≤ 30 years had higher curiosity than age group ≥ 31 years. The curiosity increased with the decrease in working years.
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