PRIMARY TEACHER AND STUDENT OPINIONS REGARDING LEISURE ACTIVITIES AT PRIMARY EDUCATION

The purpose of this study is to determine the views of teachers and students about the practice of leisure time activities. The research was a qualitative research which was carried out with survey model. The study group consisted of totally 151 students and 20 fifth-grade teachers each two of whom worked in 10 different middle schools and who practiced leisure time actvities in the academic year 2011-2012. Semi-structured interview technique for teachers’ opinions and questionnaire form consisting of open-ended questions for students’ view were used in order to collect data. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive analysis technique. Frequency distribution of the responses given to each question on the basis of the findings described and interpreted by including direct quotations. As a result of the research teachers and students reported a consensus as to the necessity of the leisure time actvities. However, they explained the different activities about the content. As teachers reported practices contributed to the students’ socialization, they informed schools were inadequate as physically and teachers haven’t got enought information about the activities.