The Investigation of the Teacher Candidates’ Attitudes Towards Teaching Profession According to their Demographic Variables (The Sample of Maltepe University)

AbstractThe purpose of this research is to examine whether teacher candidates’ attitudes toward teaching profession differs according to their ages, genders, types of education program, types of high school graduated or not. The sample of the study consists of 176 teacher candidates from different programs: Guidance and Psychological Counseling Program, Elementary Mathematics Education Program, English Language Education Program, Preschool Education Program of Maltepe University, Faculty of Education. To find out teacher candidates’ attitudes toward teaching profession, “Attitude Scale towards Teaching Profession” which was developed by Üstuner in 2006 was used and its Cronbach Alpha coefficient was calculated as 0.93. Demographic variables about teacher candidates were gained by using Background Characteristics Survey. Independent sample t-test and Analysis of Variance were used to analyze the data via SPSS. A significant difference was found only between boys and girls in terms of attitude toward teaching profession