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In this research, it was aimed to examine primary education teachers' perceptions about teaching profession according to their teaching styles preference. "Teaching Styles Inventory" which was developed by Grasha (1996), adapted to Turkish by Uredi (2006) used to determine the teachers' teaching styles preferences. To determine teachers' perceptions about teaching profession, "Teaching Profession Perception Inventory" which developed by Freshman and Acat (2003) were used in this research. The assessment tools were applied to 1306 teachers from 49 primary schools in Istanbul by the years of education 2004-2005 and 2005-2006. Research results showed that primary education teachers' perceptions about teaching profession according to their teaching styles preference were meaningfully different at p<.01 level. The teachers' perceptions about teaching profession who preferred facilitator/personal model/expert teaching styles were obtained to be higher than others. Key words: Teaching styles, teacher profession, teaching profession perception inventory, primary education

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