The aim of this study is to examine the curriculum and outcomes of the Physical Education and Play (PE and Play) course given at the first level of primary education and to determine whether these outcomes are in parallel with the undergraduate programmes of primary teaching published by the Higher Education Council. While this determination was being made, the theoretical, practical and formation competencies of the teachers were measured by using the ‘Perception of Physical Education and Game Teaching Self-Efficacy’ scale to classroom teachers working in a province in the Western Black Sea Region in order to compare the outcomes of the BEO course in primary school with the classroom teaching undergraduate programme and to reveal the teachers' views on this issue with a measurement tool with high validity and reliability. Descriptive method, which is one of the quantitative research methodologies, was used in the research. The scale was applied to 289 classroom teachers who voluntarily participated in the study, and the data obtained were analysed by transferring them to the SPSS programme. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the theoretical efficacy mean of the teachers participating in the study was 2.789, the practical efficacy mean was 2.652, and the formation efficacy mean was 3.366, and it was also found that male classroom teachers had higher self-efficacy perceptions than female classroom teachers in the theoretical and practical areas, and female classroom teachers had higher self-efficacy perceptions in the formation area. As a result, it is suggested that in order for the Physical Education and Games course to be given in accordance with its purpose, the curriculum of the classroom teaching programme of the universities should be adapted to the achievements of the course, at the same time, classroom teachers should be subjected to in-service training related to Physical Education and Games course, and expert physical education teachers should teach these courses as in Foreign Language, Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge courses.
Physical Education, Games, Curriculum, Primary School