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The purpose of this research is to reveal the ideas of the teacher candidates about the structural teacher and classroom environment through metaphors. The research work group consists of 180 teachers candidates studying in the 3rd grade of the Republic University School of Education, Pre-School Teaching, Science Information Teaching and Social Information Teaching department in the spring period 2016-2017 academic year. However, the form of five teachers candidates was cancelled due to the non-compatibility of the metafor and content and the form of 175 teachers candidates was taken to be assessed. This research was carried out according to the model of "Logubilim". In the framework of the research, the teacher candidates were asked to express their views on the structuring teacher and classroom environment. The data obtained was evaluated by content analysis. According to the findings of the study, the most commonly used metaphors to express the structural teacher by the teacher candidates are: puzzle, mother, navigation, sun, handlight, light and book. The most commonly used metaphors to express the structuring class are family, bees, nature, mercury, home, cell, construction and machine. The research has found that teachers candidates, in addition to their proper adoption of structuring teachers roles, such as guiding students, supporting student autonomy, providing a free thinking environment, activating students, have not been able to give up the traditional teachers roles, such as being the source of knowledge, transmitting information. On the other hand, it is understood that the characteristics that the students participating in the study have indicated in relation to the structural classroom environment are correctly identified, and that the students’ opinions about the structural environment reflect the truth.

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