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School experience and teaching practice courses are courses that enable teaching candidates to be experienced and equipped while contributing to the development of their teaching qualities. The planned application of the theoretically acquired information in the pre-service period provides significant contribution to the correct application of the teaching profession of the candidates. This study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the contribution of school experience and teaching practice courses aimed at providing professional skills to pre-school teachers candidates. The study was conducted with 64 teaching candidates from the fourth-class students who studied in the 9th September University Buca Education Faculty Pre-School Teaching program and received both classes in the 2017-2018 academic year. The research is conducted by a model of research. In the study, discussions with the teacher candidates were conducted, open-end questions were addressed and the data obtained was solved according to the rules of content analysis. The analysis of the data revealed the opinions of the teacher candidates on school experience and teaching practice courses. Based on the findings of the research, recommendations were made for the development of teaching practice and school experience process

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School experience and teaching practice courses are those that improve the teaching qualifications of prospective teachers and also contribute to their becoming experienced and equipped. During the pre-service period, the application of the theoretical knowledge in a classroom in a structured way provides essential contributions to the proper application of the teaching profession. This study is put to evaluate the contribution of school experience and teaching practice classes, which aim to enable pre-school teacher candidates to gain professional skills. The study has been achieved with 64 preschool teacher candidates who have taken both mentioned courses studying 4th grade at Dokuz Eylül University, Buca Faculty of Education, Preschool Teaching Program during the 2017-2018 academic year. The study has been carried out with a case study, which is a qualitative research model. In the study, there are semi-structured open-ended questions directed to the prospective teachers, and the data is analyzed according to the content analysis rules. As a result of the analysis of the data, the opinions of the teacher candidates about the school experience and teaching practice courses have been put forward. Based on the findings of the study, suggestions have been made to improve teaching practice and school experience process

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