Perspective of Special Education and Rehabilitation Institutions on Physical Education Teacher Employment

The study was conducted in order to determine the necessity of physical education teacher employment and the problems related to the subject in the eyes of private education and rehabilitation institution owners. In this research individual interviewing technique, one of the qualitative research data gathering techniques, has been used and 4 institution owners -1 female and 3 male- have been interviewed. The research data has been gathered by semi-structured interview technique and triangulation has been preferred to provide validity and reliability. The participants have noted that special-needs children need sports activities and emphasized that it is important that physical education teachers, who are to be employed in Special-needs Education and Rehabilitation Centers, have experience in the field. As a striking outcome, the research results indicate that there must be legal regulations so that institution owners can recruit physical education teachers in Special Needs Education and Rehabilitation Centers, and provided that these regulations are made, they can employ physical education teachers. According to the research findings all participants reported that physical education is important for special needs individuals. In addition, the participants have noted necessary legal arrangements must be made and physical education teachers who expert in this should be employed in the field of special education. Depending on these results, it can be thought that it is a prerequisite for solving the problem of making legal regulations about the necessity of providing physical education teachers for disabled people in special education institutions affiliated to the Ministry of National Education