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This study aimed at determining the general qualifications of the teaching profession and the self-efficacy of 21st-century skills and the correlation between teacher candidates working in public schools in the Siirt province of Turkey and prospective teachers continuing their education at universities. This study was conducted by using the correlational survey model. The sample group of the study consisted of 300 teacher candidates working in public schools in Siirt province of Turkey in the 2020-2021 academic year and 325 prospective teachers studying in the 4th grade at the Faculty of Education and Theology and the School of Physical Education and Sports, where teaching programs were held, in the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years. The data of the study were collected by using the general qualifications of the teaching profession and the self-efficacy of 21st-century skills scales. In this study, the following findings were obtained: Teacher candidates and prospective teachers found themselves very competent in the fields of professional skills, attitudes, and values in the sum of the general qualifications of the teaching profession scale while they considered themselves sufficient in the field of professional knowledge competence. Teacher candidates and prospective teachers took the view that they had a very high level of 21st-century skills. There was a positive moderate level correlation between the general qualification levels of the teacher candidates in the teaching profession and the self-efficacy of 21st-century skills whereas there was a positive and highly significant correlation between these competencies of prospective teachers. General qualifications in the teaching profession that candidate teachers and prospective teachers had were a significant predictor of their self-efficacy in 21st-century skills.

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