A RESEARCH ON CURIOSITY LEVELS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS TEACHERS (Kayseri Province Sample)

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.