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                                                                                    <journal-title>Uşak Üniversitesi Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">2149-7974</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2149-9985</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Usak University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29065/usakead.1827363</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Education Management</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Eğitim Yönetimi</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Öğretmenlik Mesleğine Geçişte Yeni Paradigma: Akademi Giriş Sınavı (AGS) ve Öğretmen Adaylarının Deneyimleri</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>A New Paradigm in Entering the Teaching Profession: The Academy Entrance Examination (AEE) and Prospective Teachers’ Experiences</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6103-3530</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Aytaç</surname>
                                    <given-names>Tufan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>KIRŞEHİR AHİ EVRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5376-0449</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Altuntaş</surname>
                                    <given-names>Hasan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>AHI EVRAN UNIVERSITY</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260429">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>29</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
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                                        <volume>12</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>14</fpage>
                                        <lpage>32</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20251126">
                        <day>11</day>
                        <month>26</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260219">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>19</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
                    </date>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2015, Usak University Journal of Educational Research</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2015</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Usak University Journal of Educational Research</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Bu araştırma, 2025 yılında ilk kez uygulanan Akademi Giriş Sınavı’nın (AGS) öğretmen adayları üzerindeki duygusal, bilişsel ve ideolojik etkilerini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Nitel araştırma deseniyle yürütülen çalışmada, amaçlı örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilen 19 öğretmen adayı ile yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Tematik analiz sonuçları, öğretmen adaylarının AGS’yi yalnızca teknik bir ölçme aracı olarak değil, aynı zamanda öğretmenlik mesleğini yeniden tanımlayan, belirli ideolojik mesajlar taşıyan ve sorgulamayan, uyumlu, itaatkâr bir öğretmen profili öne çıkaran bir politika mekanizması olarak algıladıklarını ortaya koymuştur. Bulgular, sınavın adaylarda kaygı, stres ve umutsuzluğa yol açtığını; ancak sınırlı da olsa umut ve fırsat algısı yarattığını göstermektedir. Katılımcılar, AGS’nin mesleğe liyakati ölçmede yetersiz kaldığını, toplumsal eşitsizlikleri göz ardı ettiğini ve toplumsal cinsiyet rolleri de dâhil olmak üzere belirli ideolojik değerleri yeniden ürettiğini ifade etmiştir. Çalışma, Türkiye’de öğretmen yetiştirme politikalarının uluslararası iyi örneklerde olduğu gibi sınav odaklı olmaktan çıkarılarak daha adil, uygulama temelli ve eleştirel düşünmeyi destekleyen bir yapıya kavuşturulması gerektiğini vurgulamaktadır.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>This study aims to examine the emotional, cognitive, and ideological impacts of the Academy Entrance Examination (AEE), which was implemented for the first time in 2025, on prospective teachers. Designed as a qualitative research, the study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with 19 teacher candidates selected via purposive sampling. Thematic analysis revealed that participants perceived AGS not merely as a technical assessment tool but as a policy mechanism that redefines the teaching profession, conveys specific ideological messages, and promotes a teacher profile characterized by compliance, obedience, and lack of critical inquiry. Findings indicated that the exam generated anxiety, stress, and hopelessness among candidates, while also evoking a limited sense of hope and opportunity. Participants reported that AGS failed to adequately measure merit in the profession, overlooked social inequalities, and reproduced certain ideological values, including gender roles. The study emphasizes that teacher education policies in Türkiye, similar to international best practices, should move away from exam-oriented structures toward a more equitable, practice-based framework that fosters critical thinking and professional motivation.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Akademi Giriş Sınavı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  eğitim politikaları</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  öğretmenlik mesleği</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Academy Entrance Examination</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  teaching profession</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  education policies</kwd>
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