Abstract:

The aim of this study is to examine preservice teachers’ perceptions on teacher appointment procedures followed by the Ministry of National Education (MONE). The working population of this study were the fourth year students (n=133) attending the Education Faculty of Abant Ýzzet Baysal University,. During the study the qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interview technique in the spring semester of 2006-2007 academic year, and for the analysis of the data, content- analysis and continous comparison techniques were used. Some of the findings of the study were as follows : The participants believed that their teacher training courses were sufficiant in theory but insufficiant in practice; they were against contract teacher applications and they wanted the Selection Examination for Professional Posts in Public Organizations to abolished. In the light of these findings, certain suggestions were recomended.

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