investigation of sports science students 'attitudes and opinions towards distance education

Due to the covid-19 pandemic, it was decided to conduct education activities distance and the attitudes and views of students who suddenly switched to distance education have been a matter of curiosity. this research was conducted in order to reveal the opinions and attitudes of the students studying in the field of sports sciences towards the courses taught by the distance education method due to the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic. a total of 256 university students, 106 girls and 150 boys, with a mean age of 21.78±13.17, participated in the study. in the study, attitude scale towards distance education was used to determine students' attitudes towards distance education. in the study, independent sample t test was used for paired group comparisons and one-way analysis of variance (anova) test was used for comparisons of more than two groups, and the level of significance was accepted as <.05. in addition, two semi-structured questions prepared by the researchers in order to reveal the students' views on distance education were answered by the students and examined using content analysis method. it was determined that gender and department variables do not cause a significant difference on attitude towards distance education. advantages of distance education according to students; the risk of face-to-face education arising from the pandemic is three sub-themes, which are the advantage of time and place, and the equality of opportunity in education. the aspects they find disadvantageous are; it has been grouped under two sub-themes: eliminating the advantages of face-to-face education and insufficient physical conditions. as a result, although the sport sciences students’ stated that distance education is advantageous due to the current pandemic, they emphasized that its disadvantages also pose a serious problem for educational activities.