The
purpose of this study is to determine the fulfilment level of general
qualifications of teaching profession of prospective teachers. This
study was planned in the quantitative research design and the survey model. The participants
of the study consists 240 prospective teachers which determined by using
cluster sampling method. Findings
reveal that the prospective teachers find themselves as ‘sufficient’ in the
scope of professional knowledge and professional skills and also find themselves
‘very sufficient’ in terms of teaching attitudes and values. There
was a statistically significant difference in mean scores related to the prospective
teachers’ fulfilling
level of general qualifications of teaching profession in terms of the
variables such as gender, license field, age and secondary education
institution they graduated. The male prospective teachers, the prospective
teachers in physical education, the prospective teachers for aged 24 years and
over and the prospective teachers graduating vocational high schools find relatively
low level themselves in terms of teaching profession. Based
on these results, it can be suggested that prospective teachers should be
educated more qualified in terms of professional skills, professional attitudes
and values, especially in the context knowledge of teaching profession.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Other Fields of Education |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | June 30, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 |