Metaphoric Perceptions of School of Physical Education and Sport Students to the Concept “Computers Education”

摘要

The purpose of this study is to perceptions of the School of Physical Education and Sport students related to the concept of “computer education” through metaphor. This study was conducted with the participation of 118 (mean age: 19.92±1.54) students from School of Physical Education and Sport. In order to collect data participants, students were asked to fill the gaps in the phrase of “computer education is like..........; because.............”. SPSS package program was used for statistical analyses. According to the results, overall, participants produced 73 valid metaphors. These metaphors are collected based 8 different catagories in terms of common features. Findings of this study, metaphors can be used as a powerful research tool in the understanding of personel perceptions of computer education concept has been concluded.