In this research, the purpose is to
investigate the practice of teacher candidate procedure and engage in a
discourse on the teacher candidates’ views on the practice. The qualitative
method has been used in order to analyze teacher candidates’ views on the
subject. The subjects of the study comprise 57 teacher candidates currently
working in Bayburt. Semi-structured interview forms consisting of questions
about the way the teacher candidate education is implemented and questions that
refer to their thoughts about the practice were used as data gathering
instrument. In this research, content analysis technique has been used for the
analysis of the data collected through the interviews. The codes reached
through the answers from the informants and their frequencies have been given.
The codes with high frequencies have been supported with excerpts from teacher
candidates. As a result of the study, it has been found out that most of these
teachers who were involved in teacher candidate training consider it ‘a waste
of time'. With flexibilities allowed and without proper planning, the practice
of the procedure is found to have prevented achievement of the goal.
Furthermore, the practice of contract adjunct teaching has also brought about
some contradictions.
Teacher candidate education teacher candidate teacher trainee procedures initial teacher education
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Studies on Education |
Journal Section | Research Article |
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Publication Date | April 15, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 7 Issue: 2 |