%0 Journal Article
%T The Determination of Elementary School Teaching Department in Free Time Activities in Academic Year
%A S¨¹leyman CAN
%A Sel£¿uk £¿ZDA£¿
%A Sava£¿ DUMAN
%A Hakk£¿ ULUCAN
%J Beden E£¿itimi ve Spor Bilim Dergisi
%D 2010
%I 
%X The aim of this study was to determine the free time activity types of 4th class teacher trainees studying elementary schoolteaching department at Mu la University in academic year. For this aim, 190 4th class students of preschool teaching, social andscience formation teaching department at Mu la University (2nd education) and USA¡¯s students that were chosen randomlyparticipated in this study. Subjects took a questionnaire prepared by effect¡¯s ideas about spending free time. The data gainedfrom questionnaires have been interpreted according to the SPSS package programme frequency dispersion and percentage.According to the data from the questionnaires activity types in Turkey are different from those in USA. Our students prefersports activities and educational groups and they don¡¯t work at weekends, in weekdays they meet their friends after school,spend free time by listening to music, reading book, magazine, newspaper I mean in a passive way. In USA students usuallywork at weekends for getting by on themselves. As a result 2nd education teacher trainees should be told that such short timesare really important for them and they should spend free time in a good way for their future. They should also be unformattedabout improving themselves and they should have some new opportunities about this matter.
%K Education
%K teacher
%K recreation
%U http://www.selcukbesyo.org/dergimiz/index.php/JPESS/article/viewFile/68/82