What Should an Ideal Pre-Service Mother-Tongue Teacher Look Like?

Abstract

In this study, it was tried to determine the profile of an ideal pre-service mother tongue teacher according to the views of Turkish mother tongue teachers and pre-service teachers. The data of the study were collected through a semi-structured "Characteristics of a Good Pre-Service Mother Tongue Teacher Form" created by the researchers. In this form, 5 mother tongue teachers working in Erzurum province of Turkey and 10 pre-service mother tongue teachers studying at Atatürk University Kazım Karabekir Faculty of Education, Turkish Language Teaching undergraduate program were asked what an ideal pre-service mother tongue teacher should be like. Phenomenology, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. Phenomenology was chosen in this study to set a standard for what a pre-service mother tongue teacher should be like. According to the results obtained from the findings of the study, a good pre-service mother tongue teacher should be especially good in the field of communication skills. Suggestions were made together with the other results.

Keywords

• Ideal pre-service mother tongue teacher
• Pre-service teacher
• Teacher profile

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