Investigation of the Relevance Between Democratic Tendencies and Classroom Management Perceptions of Preservice Physical Education and Classroom Teachers

The main aim of this study is to determine the relevance between democracy tendencies and classroom management perceptions of preservice physical education and homeroom teachers who will teach in primary schools at 1-4 classes. The sample of the research was comprised of 4th grade students of Marmara University Ataturk Faculty Department of Primary Education and Department of Classroom Teaching (n= 108) and School of Physical Education and Sport, Department of Teaching of Physical Education (n= 30). In order to obtain the data Lutfu Ilgar's Classroom Management Skills Scale (r=0,809 and 0,790) and Democratic Tendency Scale which is composed by Akbasli, Yelken and Sunbul (r=0,74) were used. Correlation, t-test and variance analysis statistical techniques were used to analyze the collected data. Researh results show that there is a significantly positive correlation between democracy tendencies and classroom management perception of the preservice teachers (r=,414). Also it is determined that there is no significant difference between democracy tendencies and classroom management perceptions according to the departments of the preservice teachers.