AN EVALUATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNICATION ABILITY AND PROFICIENCY IN TEACHING IN TERMS OF STUDENT PERCEPTIONS (Physical Education and Sport Field)

The aim of this study is to present the relationship between physical education and sport instructors’ communication and teaching skills according to the student perceptions. The participants of the research are 458 students from the Physical Education and Sport Departments/Vocational Schools in Ahi Evran, Karadeniz Technical, Atatürk and Muğla Universities. The questionnaires, “Instructors’ Communication Skills” and “Instructor Evaluation”, designed by Blatt and Carolyn (1993) and applied to the Turkish contexts by Ergin and Geçer (1999), are used to collect data. As a result of the statistical analysis of the data in this descriptive study, it is found that the instructors have effective communication skills but they should improve their communication abilities. Furthermore, it is understood that there is a meaningful relationship between physical education and sport instructors’ communication and teaching skills in the positive way (r=571; p 0.01).