General Information
Physical Education and Sports Department is one of the four departments within Pamukkale University Faculty of Sports Sciences. The education language of our department, which started education in 1996, is Turkish and the duration of this education is four years. Physical Education and Sports Teachers are educated through theoretical and applied courses given during undergraduate education.
Objective
In the light of universal values, it is aimed to provide a contemporary physical education and sports education that is loyal to Atatürk's principles and revolutions, respects human rights, and embodies original and aesthetic values, by making use of science and technology. As a result of this education, physical education and sports teachers who aim to popularize sports and sports culture are presented to the benefit of the society, and it is aimed to facilitate the social settlement and dissemination of the mentioned values. In addition to these, it is also aimed to increase the quality of national and international scientific research through its studies and the students it will graduate or will graduate, and to be an institution that pioneers the creation of physically educated individuals and therefore a society.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Have the ability to use physical education and sports field knowledge.
- Analyze and interpret the results of the applications in the field of sports.
- Brings solutions to sports-related problems with an interdisciplinary approach.
- Acts within the awareness of professional ethics and responsibility during the detection and solution of the problems related to sports.
- Provides / establishes effective communication with students and colleagues.
- Comprehends the universal and social effects of sportive organizations.
- Uses lifelong learning skills to keep their knowledge up-to-date.
- Uses techniques specific to sports branches for physical education lesson applications.
- Uses necessary tools for physical education lesson applications.
- Analyzes sportive events by thinking three-dimensionally/multi-dimensionally.
- Comprehends the teaching methods for physical education teaching.
- Has the ability to use information technologies effectively and follows the innovations brought by the age.
- Uses teaching methods for physical education in different educational institutions.
- Knows the measurement and evaluation tools that can be used in physical education lessons.
- Develop various kinds of measurement and evaluation tools to measure and evaluate the information taught in physical education classes.
- Will be willing to do the profession of physical education teacher.
- Appreciates the place and importance of the physical education teacher profession among other professions in society.
- Be open to sharing the importance of physical education and sports with everyone around him.
- Explains the concepts related to physical education.
- Relates the basic knowledge of human anatomy, kinesiology, and health with the field knowledge of coaching.
- Makes training planning and scheduling for individuals and teams.
- Have the capacity to make physiological analyzes of basic sports movements theoretically and practically.
Admission Requirements
In order for student candidates to apply to the Department of Physical Education and Sports, they must get enough points from the exam held by the Student Selection and Placement Center and attend the Pamukkale University Faculty of Sports Sciences Special Talent and Sports CV Exam. Students who can take part in the determined quotas are entitled to receive training in the Physical Education and Sports Teaching Program.
Graduation Requirements
Students must pass all compulsory and elective courses in the curriculum with successful grades, including compulsory practical and summer education, and are entitled to graduate if they meet the minimum GPA requirement specified in Pamukkale University undergraduate education and training regulations.
Career Opportunities
Our graduates can work as physical education teachers in primary and secondary schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education, and they can work as coach/sports specialists in the Education Department or other units by obtaining a coaching certificate from the relevant federations in the Provincial Directorates of Youth and Sports affiliated to the General Directorate of Youth and Sports. If they continue their postgraduate education after graduation, they can apply for teaching staff or research assistant positions in the Physical Education and Sports Departments of the Sports Sciences Faculties of the universities.
Department of Physical Education and Sports
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