Abstract:

In this study, which aims to determine the perceptions that teachers candidates have about art and creativity through metaphors, a phenomonological pattern of qualitative research patterns has been used. The research work group; in the 2017-2018 and 2019-2020 academic years, the Faculty of Education of the University of Amasya Basic Education Department of Class Teaching in Anatomy, forms 87 final class students who take the course of art education and are volunteer to participate in the study. The teaching candidates produced 43 valid metaphors, including 21 about art, 22 about creativity. For the purpose of gathering the data, in the research, in order to determine what metaphors teachers and candidates qualify for art and creativity, they were asked to express their opinions in the form of "Art .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... In the study, the "content analysis" technique was used for data analysis. The metaphors of teaching candidates about art and creativity are gathered in two categories, concrete and abstract. In the concrete category related to art; 13, in the abstract category, 7 valid metaphors were produced. The highest frequency of these metaphors are the metaphors in the concrete category; the sun (4), the water (3) and the book (3). In this category, the metafores are freedom (2), language (2), and happiness (2). In the concrete category of creativity, 15, in the abstract category, 7 valid metaphors were produced. The highest frequency of these metaphors are the metaphors of the sun (4), the child (2), the pusula (2) and nature (2). In the category of soyut, it is the inner voice (2) and the subconscious (2) metaphors. The metaphors about art show that teachers’ candidates describe art more in terms of beauty and pleasure. The metaphors of creativity indicate that teachers’ candidates evaluate creativity in the context of product/technical/instruments. The focus of teaching candidates on the concrete category of the metaphors they develop about both art and creativity can also be considered as a result of this.

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