Identifying Administrative Competencies of Physical Education Teachers in Primary and Secondary Education according to Gender, Level of Education and Age

The purpose of this study was to identify the administrative skills required by physical education teachers according to demographics. For this reason, the Toh questionnaire was translated and processed by Tasiopoulos, Tripolitsioti, and Stergioulas with 24 questions. 81 participants responded anonymously, filling out the questionnaire through a Google form from both primary and secondary education. The analysis of the data obtained descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, and t-test and variance analysis with the Cronbach’s α coefficient factors of the questionnaire showed internal consistency (0.42 - 0.82). For the data analysis, the IBM SPSS Statistics version 29 was used. The data analysis with exploratory factor analysis, revealed seven factors: “knowledge of sport” (5 questions), “event management” (1 question), “communication-public relations” (6 questions), “computer skills” (5 questions), “facility-equipment” (2 questions), “risk management” (2 questions), “management techniques” (3 questions). Results didn’t show statistically significant differences according to gender, educational status, and age. Οn the contrary, statistically significant differences were found on the factor “communications-public relations” between PET aged < 50 and those aged > 50 years old. Concluded that physical education teachers understand that the knowledge and skills required for meeting their obligations are related to the seven factors examined, with those who are older giving more emphasis to the communications-public relations factor.