Determination of Academic Self-Efficacy Level of Physical Education and Spor Teacher Candidates

The purpose of this research; Determination of academic self-efficacy levels of Physical Education and Sports Teacher candidates. The universe of this study was the candidate of 488 Physical Education and Sports Teachers who were studying in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Teaching at Mersin University and Mustafa Kemal University in 2016 - 2017 academic year. The sample group consisted of a total of 300 people, 134 of them from Mersin University and 166 of them being Mustafa Kemal University Physical Education and Sports Teacher Candidate. In the research, as a data collection tool; “Academic Self-Efficacy Scale” was used. In the analysis of the data obtained in the research; descriptive statistical methods, Kruskal Wallis-H Test and Mann Whitney-U Test were used. Physical Education and Sports Teacher candidates were found to have high levels of academic self-efficacy and no statistically significant difference according to gender, university, age and class variables. However, it was determined that there was a statistically significant difference according to the general academic grade point average. As a result of the research; Physical Education and Sports Teacher candidates were found to have higher levels of academic self-efficacy and higher academic achievement than those with lower academic self-efficacy