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The aim of the study was to analyze the perceptions of elementary classroom teacher candidates regarding the concepts of "science and technology lesson" via metaphors. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 108 freshman teacher candidates, studying at Ahi Evran University Faculty of Education, Elementary Education Department, Division of Elementary classroom Education in 2010-2011 academic year. The data for the study were collected by having the students complete the sentences "Science and technology lesson is like , because ", The data obtained were analyzed and interpreted using content analysis technique. Total 108 metaphors were obtained from teacher candidates and 94 metaphors they told were valid. The metaphors were grouped into six main categories in terms of meaning they have. In this regard, the results revealed that 21 teacher candidates used negative statements, 6 teacher candidates used positive statements and 67 teacher candidates used neutral statements.

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