TY - JOUR T1 - GEOGRAPHY TEACHER CANDIDATES' VIEWS ABOUT THE REASONS FOR CHOOSING THE TEACHING PROFESSION AU - Aydın, Fatih PY - 2011 DA - March JF - Education Sciences JO - NWSA PB - E-Journal of New World Sciences Academy WT - DergiPark SN - 1308-7274 SP - 1375 EP - 1387 VL - 6 IS - 2 LA - tr AB - This study was conducted to determine the factors affecting geography teacher candidates to choose the teaching profession. 161 students, studying at the Department of Gazi University Faculty of Education in 2010-2011 Academic Year, have participated. General Survey Model was used in the study. Beside the descriptive statistic, the t-test and one way variance analysis (ANOVA) were used in the analysis of data. According to the results reached by the study, it can be said that the vast majority of geography teacher candidates participating the study chose teaching 'consciously'. An important part of geography teacher candidates' have expressed that they have fear of not having a job after graduation. In addition, the views of geography teachers for choosing teaching profession did not differ significantly according to the variables of "gender", "class level", "family income" and "residential unit". KW - Geography Teacher KW - Geography Teacher Candidates KW - Teaching Profession KW - Teacher Education KW - Preference UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/nwsaedu/issue//212071 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/185564 ER -