EVALUATION OF BURNOUT LEVELS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER EDUCATION STUDENTS

The purpose of the study was to investigate the burnout levels of physical education teacher education department students from various universities in terms of different variables. A total of 503 students, 204 female and 299 male students from 6 different universities participated in the study. Masclach Burnout Inventory-Student Form which was developed by Schaufeli et al. (2002) and adapted to Turkish culture by ？apri et al. (2011) was used a the data collection tool. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test, one way ANOVA and Cronbach Alpha internal consistency analysis were used for the analysis of the data. Statistically significant difference was found between age groups in the depersonalization subscale (p<,05). Significant differences was found in emotional exhaustion and depersonalization subscale in terms of university variable (p<,05). And according to grade level, significant difference was found in emotional exhaustion and depersonalization subscales (p<,05). There were no significant differences in terms of gender, family income level, mother and father education levels (p>,05). As a result, burnout levels of physical education teacher education programme students may vary according to age, university and grade level