Abstract:

The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes of literature teacher candidates towards individuals with special needs and to examine whether this situation is related to various variables. In the study, the relational scan model included in the survey approach from the survey methods was used. Students, who continue to the Caucasian University Faculty of Education Program of Pedagogical Formation, forms the Universe of research. In this context, the research was carried out with a total of 297 Turkish Language and Literature students who continue the related program in the spring semester of 2016-2017. " An Attitude Scale Towards Individuals With Special Needs" developed by Yaralı (2015) was used in the study. As a result of the research, it was determined that the literature teacher candidates generally have high positive attitudes towards the individuals with special needs. In addition, the attitudes of the literature teacher candidates towards individuals with special needs were also examined on the sub-dimension basis in the research. The negative attitude, sensitivity and liking subscales were examined in terms of gender, age, graduated high school, father and mother education status variables. As a result of the research, no significant difference was found in the related variables in any sub-dimension. Therefore, generally the attitudes of the literature teacher candidates towards individuals with special needs did not cause a statistically significant difference according to the sex, age, graduated high school, father and mother education status of the teacher candidates.

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