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The fact that a person shows talent and inability in one or more fields is called twice the difference. The purpose of this research is to study the metaphoric perceptions of the two-fold difference concept of special education teachers candidates. The research is carried out by methods of research. The study consisted of identified participants by measurement sampling, was carried out with the participation of 175 teachers candidates who are studying in the private education department in the 2020-2021 educational year. The research data was collected by the metaphors that the participants produced in response to the phrase "Two times the difference ........................". When the participants studied the metaphors they developed, it was found that 120 current metaphors were produced. Current metaphors have been analyzed using the content analysis method. As a result of the analysis, the metaphors were gathered under seven conceptual categories, taking into account the common characteristics. These conceptual categories are contradiction, difficulty, confidentiality, diversity, effort, integrity and change. The research found that special education teachers candidates associated the concept of differences twice with the most of the metafors of “crowdfunding”, “multiple insufficiency”, “medalion” and “magnetic”. The findings obtained were discussed in the framework of the area and suggestions were presented.

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