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This study aims to identify the motivations of teachers candidates in the pedagogical formation training certificate program and to study the direction of change in their motivations. The research used by the screening model was carried out at a state university that provides formation education in the Egean region. The participants used the convenience sampling (convenience sampling) and consisted of 112 men and 186 women from a total of 300 teacher candidates. The data is collected by the Factor Influencing Teaching Choice (FIT-Choice) developed by Watt and Richardson (2007). The data obtained under the research was analyzed using the SPSS 21 program. One-way ANOVA technique has been used for arithmetic average, standard deviation, repeated measurements. At the end of the study, when compared the professional motivation and professional perception average points of the teacher candidates before and after the program, it was determined that the post-program average points had a decline. In addition, there was no statistically significant difference in the perception of the teacher candidates in the upper-size, the average score at the end of the formation training. However, there was a statistically significant difference between the average values before and after the formation training in the upper-dimensional motivation of the teacher candidates. The results show that the pedagogical formation training certificate program does not contribute in a positive direction to the motivations and professional perceptions of the teaching profession of the teacher candidates.