
Giyasettin DemirhanHacettepe University · Faculty of Sport Sciences
Giyasettin Demirhan
PhD
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Introduction
Critical thinking, information communication technologies, relationship between physical activity and academic performance and cognitive process, risk perception in outdoor-adventure sports.
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March 1992 - July 2020
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October 1995
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Publications (102)
Fostering critical thinking (CT) represents a major educational outcome in higher education worldwide (Facione, 2010). As a composite of attitudes, knowledge, and cognitions, CT is conceptualized in terms of skills and dispositions. CT skills are defined as purposeful, self-regulatory judgments that results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation,...
A need exists to better understand the relationships between COVID-19, coping behaviors, physical activity and stress, and COVID-19’s impact on way of life. A cross-sectional study design was used to examine adult physical activity, hope, depression, anxiety, and coping status by gender during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to determine the impact of t...
Lower economic status (ES) is associated with a less adaptive experience of school and physical activity. However, empirical evidence supporting the detrimental association of lower ES on the affective and motivational experience in Physical Education (PE) remains scarce. Using a large sample (n = 10392) of adolescents from six countries (i.e., Gre...
This study examined whether the perceived motivational climate was associated with students’ achievement goals and intrinsic motivation, from a multilevel (i.e., individual- and school-level) perspective within the Physical Education context. The sample was composed of 9855 students aged 10–18 (Mage = 13.96 years; SDage =1.97 years) who belong to 2...
About 80% of adolescents report insufficient physical activity (PA) worldwide. Beyond the association of attitudes, family and friends’ support, and perceived behavioural control (PBC) with intention, self-regulation strategies are expected to underlie the association between intention and action. Particularly, action planning and self-monitoring,...
The purpose of this concurrent mixed-method research is to examine the negotiation styles of candidate sports coaches in higher education by using a game-based assessment tool called ENACT game. The research was carried out with 3rd and 4th-degree university students who study in coaching education programs in Turkey. Students consist of 221 male (...
The Brain Break (BB) short video program is designed to improve physical activity (PA), motor skills, and fitness in children. In this study, we examined the effects of an 8-week short video-based Brain Break (HOPSports Company) PA program within physical education (PE) lessons on fitness and fitness knowledge among students. We studied 62 fifth-gr...
This research presents the results of an exploration of special education teachers' understanding of how their participation in workshop-based digital storytelling (DST) would enhance their professional development concerning inclusive education. This study evaluates the usability of the Smart Ecosystem for Learning and Inclusion (SELI) platform fo...
The aim of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of the Impulsive Sensation Seeking Scale (ImpSS) for the Turkish sample. A total of 459 individuals (221 female and 238 males, mean age = 34.94 ±10.52years) voluntarily participated in this study. The ImpSS, developed by Zuckerman et al. (1993), measures the sensation-seeking traits...
During the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, physical activity (PA) behaviors were altered worldwide due to public health measures such as “lockdown.” This study described PA among adults residing in 11 countries during COVID-19 lockdown and examined factors associated with PA engagement. We conducted a cross-sectional anonymous survey among a...
Despite the global impact of COVID-19, studies comparing the effects of COVID-19 on population mental health across countries are sparse. This study aimed to compare anxiety and depression symptoms during the COVID-19 lockdown among adults from 11 countries and to examine their associations with country-level COVID-19 factors and personal COVID-19...
Despite the global impact of COVID-19, studies comparing the effects of COVID-19 on
population mental health across countries are sparse. This study aimed to compare anxiety and depression symptoms during the COVID-19 lockdown among adults from 11 countries and to examine their associations with country-level COVID-19 factors and personal COVID-19...
This paper reports on an investigation examining provision of physical education continuing professional development (CPD) in European countries undertaken to identify the types of practices being employed. We begin by providing a brief overview of what we currently know about CPD internationally in general education and physical education. Data ar...
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically reduced physical activity (PA) behaviors of many people. Physical education (PE) is considered one of the privileged instruments to promote youths’ PA. We aimed to investigate the effects of lockdown on PE teachers’ behaviors promoting their students’ out-of-school PA and differences between three European coun...
*Invited article for the COVID-19 Special Issue.*
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A mini-research in our urban community asking people their most practiced leisure activities during their home-stay and the changes in their usual leisure activities during COVID- 19 pandemic.
Çalışmanın amacı, ortaokul öğrencilerinin eğitsel çevrim içi sosyal öğrenme ortamı Edmodo’nun fiziksel uygunluk kavramlarını öğrenmede erişiye ve kalıcılığa etkisini araştırmaktır. Araştırma, Ankara ilinin Çankaya ilçesinde bulunan ve 6.sınıfta okumakta olan 192 (107 erkek, 85 kız) öğrenci üzerinde yürütülmüştür. Bu çalışmada, biri deney biri karşı...
In this paper first we share concept of workshop-based digital storytelling which we adopted for an International project called SELI (Smart Ecosystem for Learning and Inclusion) and its educational value in terms of inclusion. Secondly we give information about the context of teacher education in the case of Turkey and Bolivia by explaining the co...
Objective: Sports-related dental-orofacial-injuries can be reduced significantly through training on primary prevention and using proper equipment before engaging in sporting activities. This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge regarding dental trauma and prevention by mouthguards among the students in the Faculty of Sport Sciences.
Ma...
Bu araştırmanın amacı, 7.sınıf öğrencilerinin fiziksel aktivite düzeylerini pedometre kullanarak değerlendirmektir. Araştırmaya, Ankara ili Çankaya ilçesinde bulunan bir devlet ortaokulundan 72 gönüllü -35 erkek, 37 kız- 7.sınıf öğrencisi katıldı. Erkek öğrencilerin yaş ortalaması 12.48, vücut kütle indeksi (VKİ) 19.38 kg/m2 iken kız öğrencilerin y...
This chapter consists of preliminary information as part of need analysis of the SELI project
based on the national context in Turkey. First of all we explain general interest in ICT integration in
the field of education in Turkey. Later we discuss use of ICT in terms of broader concept of social
inclusion rather than technical integration by givin...
Fundamental movement skills acquired during pre-school years provide the basis of normal motor development, positive self-image, self-perceived sports competencies in the adolescence. An instructional approach supported with visual materials may improve learning in pre-school children. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of digital...
The purpose of the study is to determine the needs of using ICT in Turkey as part of international cooperation called “Smart Ecosystem for Learning and Inclusion (SELI)” which seeks to support inclusive education. Accordingly, the case study model, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the analysis of the SELI Learning Platf...
La pratique régulière d’une activité physique (AP) est importante pour le développement des jeunes. Malheureusement, les études révèlent que moins de 20% d’entre eux atteignent le seuil recommandé de 60 minutes quotidiennes d’AP d’intensité modérée à élevée (Cooper, et al., 2015). Dans ce contexte, l’éducation physique et sportive (EPS) joue un rôl...
The publication "Physical Education in Early Childhood Education and Care: Researches - Best Practices -Situation" is published in Slovakia by the Slovak Scientific Society for Physical Education and Sport. Its editors are B. Antala, G. Demirhan, A. Carraro, C. Oktar, H. Oz and A. Kaplánová. It has 464 pages. The book is divided into four parts. In...
The aim of this paper was to explore parental views of children’s physical activity (knowledge, attitudes and perceived influences) among 5 Europe countries. A total of 350 parents from 5 countries (Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Slovakia, Turkey) participated in the study. Preschool-aged Children’s Physical Activity Questionnaire (Dwyer, Higgs, Hardy, &...
This article presents selected literature reviews focusing on preschool Physical Education and Care in Turkey. The article is separated on four parts: Overview of policies and curricular documents, overview of research with the implementation of a program to develop physical activity and motor skills, overview of pre-school teacher, child, family a...
Çocukların fiziksel aktivite düzeyini yükseltmek ve fiziksel aktiviteye ilişkin olumlu tutum geliştirmelerini sağlamak için fiziksel aktiviteye yönelik bakış açıları hakkında bilgiye ihtiyaç vardır. Çocuğun fiziksel aktivite davranışını artırmak için öncelikle fiziksel aktiviteye ilişkin tutumu belirlemek ve sonuçlara göre uygulama stratejileri bel...
The paper is a brief overview of the possibilities of using new, ICT-based teaching solutions. It presents the positive results of integrating flipped learning, digital story telling methods into the learning and teaching process. The text refers to the latest solutions from the border areas of media pedagogy, adult education and ICT. It was writte...
The paper is a brief overview of the possibilities of using new, ICT-based teaching solutions. It presents the positive results of integrating flipped learning, digital story telling methods into the learning and teaching process. The text refers to the latest solutions from the border areas of media pedagogy, adult education and ICT. It was writte...
There is a need for perception of children towards physical activity to raise their physical activity level and to develop positive attitudes towards physical activity. In order to increase the child’s physical activity behaviour, it is necessary to first determine the attitude towards physical activity and determine the implementation strategies a...
The purpose of this chapter is to explain the admittance of Physical Education practices to schools
in Turkey, the changes made in the curriculum, and the relevant developments in various dimensions.
The sub-titles of the section consist of Gymnastics from the early start until our present day, Physical Training,
Physical Education, and Physical Ed...
Learning environment enriched with diverse teaching styles can be effective in fostering critical thinking (CT) and achievement goals (AG) for preparing prospective teachers to cope with challenges of twenty-first century. To examine the effect of diverse teaching styles on prospective teachers' CT and AG; guided discovery, convergent discovery and...
z: Bu çalışmanın amacı, sporcu öğrenciler üzerinde akademik ve spor başarı motivasyonu arasındaki ilişkinin cinsiyet, yaş ve spor yapma yılı değişkenlerine göre etkilerini araştırmaktır. Araştırmanın örneklem grubunu Ankara TVF (Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu) Spor Lisesi'nde öğrenim gören 14-17 yaş arasında değişen, 86 kız, 81 erkek toplam 167 sporc...
In this study, “Personal and Social Responsibility Behaviors Scale (PSRB-S)” was developed in order to determine students’ responsibility behaviors in accordance with “Personal and Social Responsibility” model developed by Don Hellison and students’ personal and social responsibility levels were examined in terms of gender, age and years of sport p...
Background: Physical activity participation (PAP) has been proven to improve health and promote optimal growth among adolescents. However, most adolescents do not meet the current physical activity (PA) recommendations in Turkey. The role of the social environment and social factors on PAP is being increasingly recognized. Although social capital (...
z: Bu çalışmanın amacı, sporcu öğrenciler üzerinde akademik ve spor başarı motivasyonu arasındaki ilişkinin cinsiyet, yaş ve spor yapma yılı değişkenlerine göre etkilerini araştırmaktır. Araştırmanın örneklem grubunu Ankara TVF (Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu) Spor Lisesi'nde öğrenim gören 14-17 yaş arasında değişen, 86 kız, 81 erkek toplam 167 sporc...
While the integration of technological developments into the educational environment is gaining momentum, instructional technologies are also taking place in educational programs. Before integrating instructional technologies into the curriculum, it is necessary to determine the attitudes of the students towards instructional technologies and to de...
The purpose of the study is to examine whether creative drama (CD) education has an effect on critical thinking (CT) abilities of preservice physical education (PE) teachers. Participants comprised sixty-four students from a public university in central Turkey. The methodological framework for the study was an embedded mixed methods research design...
The aim of this study was to evaluate relationship between 8th grade student’s physical activity levels and academic achievements. This study were carried out between socioeconomically equal secondary schools and 8th grade students. Seventy six girls and seventy one boys were enrolled in this study. Student’s physical activity level was measured by...
The purpose of this study was to explore motivational indicators of self-regulated learning (SRL) and the relationship between self-regulation (SR) and perceived health among university students enrolled in physical activity (PA) classes. One hundred thirty-one Turkish students participating in physical education activity classes at two universitie...
Abstract
The Global Forum for Physical Education Pedagogy 2016 (GoFPEP 2016) was the
fourth in a series of international events focused on rethinking, reforming and
renewing the ways in which health and physical education pedagogy is practiced. In
addition, GoFPEP 2016 is dedicated to seeking ways to improve the preparation of
health and physical e...
The purpose of this study is to review the historical development of physical education in Turkey up to modern times. In the process, beginning from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic of Turkey, the early physical education courses were offered in Military High School in 1864 and in Navy High Schools since 1884. Application of physical education co...
Bu araştırmada, Li ve diğ. (2008) tarafından geliştirilen Bireysel ve Sosyal Sorumluluk An-keti’ni Türkçeye uyarlayarak beden eğitimi ve spor öğretmenlerinin ders uygulamalarında bireysel ve sosyal sorumluluk (BSSÖ) modelini kullanırken değerlendirme yapabilmeleri için bir ölçme aracı elde etmek amaçlanmıştır. Ölçek, açımlayıcı faktör analizi (AFA)...
Selim Sirri Tarcan was one of the important significant figures of modern physical education teacher education in Turkey. He played a legendary role in the organization of physical education and sports in schools, military institutions and Olympic Games in Turkey. Tarcan served as a soldier, physical educator and director of the Turkish Grand Natio...
The aim of this study is to determine the validity and reliability of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) for high school students. In total, 1605 students (829 girls, 776 boys, average age=15.67±1.19) from three different high schools in the central district of Ankara voluntarily participated in the study. The MSLQ was devel...
Critical thinking (CT) is one of the most important requirements for the 21st century; teaching students how to think critically is an essential issue in education worldwide (Facione, 2013; Paul and Elder, 2002). The purpose of this study was to examine and seek evidence of whether creative drama (CD) education effects critical thinking (CT) skills...
ABSTRACT Critical thinking (CT) is one of the most important requirements for the 21st century; teaching students how to think critically is an essential issue in education worldwide (Facione, 2013; Paul and Elder, 2002). The purpose of this study was to examine and seek evidence of whether creative drama (CD) education effects critical thinking (C...
The aim of this study is to determine the validity and reliability of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire
(MSLQ) for high school students. In total, 1605 students (829 girls, 776 boys, average age=15.67±1.19) from
three different high schools in the central district of Ankara voluntarily participated in the study. The MSLQ was
devel...
The purpose of this study was to determine the opinions of physical education (PE) teachers
about problems in practice and the suggestions for solution. Focus group interviews were conducted with 16 PE teachers in the study and data were evaluated with the content analysis method. The results showed that their most important problems faced in pract...
The purpose of this study was to determine the opinions of physical education (PE) teachers about problems in practice and the suggestions for solution. Focus group interviews were conducted with 16 PE teachers in the study and data were evaluated with the content analysis method. The results showed that their most important problems faced in pract...
It was investigated in this study that the effects of different feedback types on success and retention. In 2007- 2008 academic years, 80 eighth grade students participated to study. Participants assigned to 4 groups (verbal, visual, verbal+visual, control). Subjects were asked to perform lay-up and jumping shot at the basketball lesson. Kruskal-Wa...
Participants comprised of Preservice Physical Education teachers attending the Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) program at Hacettepe University in Ankara. The first purpose of the study is to examine whether creative drama education has an effect on critical thinking skills of teachers in Preservice Physical Education. The second purpose...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of the Measurement and Evaluation Development Pro¬gram on pre-service physical education teachers’ general perceptions and competency perceptions related to alternative assessment in physical education, and their competency perceptions related to educational meas¬urement and evaluation. The su...
The purpose of this study was to determine physical education (PE) teachers’ opinions on the efficacy of Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) Program. Within the scope of the study, out of 132 PE teachers, sixty-six teachers working as PE teachers, who graduated from the School of Sport Sciences and Technology (SSST), Hacettepe University in...
Selim Sırrı Tarcan: a Pioneer in the Development of Physical Education and Sports in Turkey
Selim Sırrı Tarcan was one of the most important significant figures of modern physical education teacher education in Turkey. He played a crucial role in the organization of physical education and sports in schools and Olympic Games in Turkey. Tarcan served...
The aim of this study was to analyse whether conducting physical education lessons according to different motivational climates leads to a significant difference between students’ achievement goals, motivational strategies and attitudes towards physical education. Participants (81-ninth grade students) were allocated to one of three experimental gr...
Over the last decade, important changes are observed in teacher education programs. The
changing needs of communities and technological changes and developments in all subject areas,
educational programs and teacher training systems make it constant reviewing and refreshing
inevitable (Aksu, 2005). Developments and changes in communication and i...
The purpose of the present study was to determine the critical thinking skill levels of students in Physical Education Teacher Education, Coaching, and Recreation Programs and to compare critical thinking skills scores according to gender, program, grade levels and university entrance examination score types. A total of 1394 students attended in th...
The purpose of this study was to determine gender and grade differences in Turkish high school students’ attitudestoward physical education. Participants consisted of 1604 (807 girls and 797 boys) voluntary 9, 10 and 11th grade (6169th graders, 534 10th graders and 454 11th graders) students (X Age=15.67±1.19) attending three public high schools in...
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between Turkish high school students' achievement goals and motivated strategies. 1065 high school students (219 boys and 234 girls) completed a self-report survey. Results revealed that self-regulation is related to cognitive strategy use, self-efficacy, intrinsic value and test anxiety. Al...
The purpose of this study was to identify student misbehaviors in physical education and teachers’ methods used against to those behaviors. A total of 200 (107 female, 93 male) ninth grade students completed instruments which explored their views regarding the factors accounting for student misbehavior and teachers’ methods for dealing with such be...
1,163 middle school students (586 girls, 577 boys; Grades 6-8) were selected through a stratified random sampling method to examine their attitudes toward physical education (PE) by grade, student's sex, sports participation characteristics, and teacher's sex. They were administered the Attitude Toward Physical Education Scale for Children. Factori...
Teacher-coach role conflict in school-based physical education in USA: a literature review and suggestions for the future
Teaching and coaching are two different occupational roles, and teachers who also coach have stressful work environments common to all educational settings, but each occupational role has specific stress and burnout problems. Th...
This paper draws on Bourdieu's notions of habitus, social field, and capital to provide a more complex examination of the place and meaning of physical education in Turkish young people's lives. Two secondary schools comprised of students from quite distinctive social, cultural, and geographical locations were involved in the study. Collected data...