Abstract:

The main purpose of this research is to examine the pre-service teachers� inquiry skills and curiosity levels according to different variables and to determine whether there is a relationship between them. The research was designed as a descriptive study in the survey model. The sample is composed of pre-service teachers. The data was collected using by the �Inquiry Skills Scale� and the �Curiosity Scale�. Demographic characteristics are determined by the "Personal Information Form". The data was analyzed with SPSS-Windows 22.00 package program and findings were presented in the order of sub-problems. Findings indicate that, pre-service teachers� inquiry skills were above the medium value and curiosity levels were at the medium value. In terms of inquiry skills, only a significant difference was found in favor of the male pre-service teachers according to gender, and final grade pre-service teachers according to grade level in the �self-confidence� sub-dimension. According to the levels of curiosity, there was a meaningful difference in favor of female pre-service teachers in terms of gender and pre-school pre-service teachers in terms of undergraduate program. There was a positively moderate, meaningful relationship between inquiry skills and curiosity levels of pre-service teachers. Suggestions regarding the questioning ability and curiosity levels of the pre-service teachers were presented in the findings direction.

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