The Learning Styles of Preservice Teachers and The Relationship Between Demographic Characteristics

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This research has been carried out in order to define profiles of learning styles of 595 preservice teachers who are studying Science Teaching, Classroom Teaching, Social Studies Teaching at the Department of Elementary in Education Faculty of the Pamukkale University and to find out if there is any difference in learning styles of preservice teachers regarding demographic characteristics. The related data to achieve the objectives of this research has been collected “Personal Information” and “Kolb’s Learning Styles Inventory”. As a result of the research, it has been diagnosed whether there is any difference in learning styles of preservice teachers demographically in terms of gender, type of high schools they graduated, courses they studied, class levels, educational status and income level of their parents.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Learning styles,preservice teachers,demographic characteristics

Kaynakça

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