Abstract:

The general aim of this research is to evaluate of prospective teachers in terms of their self-efficacy of scientific research and their teaching attitudes. Within this context, it was reviewed whether the opinions devoted to both dependent variables show a significant difference or not in terms of sex, class, age and department. that, it was tried to determine at which level and which direction there is correlation between self-efficacy of scientific research and teaching attitudes with relational analyses. The research was carried out according to relational screening method. The research sample was formed from Erzincan University Faculty of Education. A significant difference was found between the opinions of the teacher candidates in the Method, Conclusion and discussion, Suggestion and reference development subscales according to test result in which the scientific research self-efficacy scale was compared according to the division in which education was studied. According to the results of the independent groups t test of the teaching attitudes scale compared to the sex, the difference in opinion level in favor of female teacher candidates was determined in terms of Love, Value, Adaptation subscales and all. it was seen that there were positive correlations at various levels between self-efficacy of scientific research competencies and teaching attitudes. According to the results of the research, the subscales of the PDR department's scientific research self-efficacy scale and all the averages are low. It is recommended that the reason for this low average be investigated. One of the noteworthy findings in the field writing in the sense of attitude toward the teaching profession and in this research is that the priority situation which is related to the attitude towards the teaching profession is love. For this reason, an arrangement should be made that the persons who will prefer the teaching profession are made up of those who love this profession.

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