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This study aims to find out whether pre-school and class teacher candidates show significant differences in their levels of creativity and design authenticity, their musical behavior or personal variables. The study included 273 teachers candidates (n=273) studying in the third and fourth classes of pre-school and class teaching programs. The data is collected through the personal information form, the musical behavior survey, the Creativity Equality Scale and the Design Equality Scale. The results of the analysis showed that the levels of creativity of male teachers candidates were significantly higher than the levels of female teachers candidates. It has been found that the levels of creativity self-sufficiency do not differ significantly from other personal variables or musical behaviors. The level of design self-sufficiency of male teacher candidates has also been observed to be significantly higher than the level of female teacher candidates. The levels of design self-sufficiency also significantly vary according to the classes and ages of the candidates. In addition, it has also been revealed that the teacher candidates have significantly different levels of design self-sufficiency in terms of their belief that they can use their voice effectively in education. Design self-sufficiency levels have not been determined to show significant differences from other personal variables or musical behaviors. Keywords: creativity self-sufficiency; design self-sufficiency; self-sufficiency; music education; pre-school; class education.