ETİK DIŞI DAVRANIŞ VE ÖĞRETMENLİK MESLEĞİ: GELECEĞİN ÖĞRETMENLERİ MESLEKİ ETİK İLKELERE SAHİP Mİ?

The aim of this study is to determine the views of teacher candidates on unethical behavior related to the profession of teaching. 572 prospective teachers from different departments of a private university participated in the research voluntarily. It is determined that teacher candidates (n=572) are aware of professional unethical behavior. The teacher candidates regarded “verbal assault of students (swearing etc.)” as the highest level of unethical behavior and “tutoring one`s own students privately outside school” as the lowest. No significant statistical differences were determined between teacher candidates resulting from their total points; the scale was based on the class level, whether they had taken a course with “ethics” in the title, and departmental variances. However, significant statistical differences were determined according to their gender variance. According to the results obtained from the research, it can be said that the candidate teachers do not approve the unethical behaviors related to their profession. When the course contents of the education faculties are examined, it can be seen that the professional ethics lesson does not take much place. In order to support the placement of professional ethical behavior in teacher candidates it may be advisable to initiate work in this direction and to prepare and present draft programs for practitioners.