Identifying the Mental Patterns of Experts Regarding the Factors Affecting the Increase of Media Literacy Level of Physical Education Teachers in Virtual Education Caused by the Corona Epidemic

The aim of this study was to identify the mental patterns of experts regarding the effective factors to increase the level of media literacy of physical education teachers in virtual education. The present study was applied from the perspective of purpose and of mixed type with the framework of interpretive-positivist paradigm. In the first stage, library resources, writing, articles and interviews with 21 sports management specialists, physical education teachers, experts, assistants and education managers of Mashhad city were used to identify the terms Q. After this stage, it was time to identify the mentalities with a quantitative method and with the help of Q factor analysis technique. In the present study, the number of participants was 26 who arranged the Q expressions. Findings identified five mental patterns of skill-seekers, feature-seekers, educators, specialists and individual factors that are effective in increasing the level of media literacy of physical education teachers. It was generally concluded that a prioritization or continuum could be given to the identified mental patterns. In order to develop media literacy, first of all, the mental model of educators should be considered. The mental model of the possessors can also be prioritized, and both the mental model of the specialist and the individual factors can be put on the same level, because the specialization will occur when the previous factors are observed. In a general conclusion, it should be stated that teachers should be encouraged to use new methods of physical education teaching in order to increase media literacy