Abstract:

The aim of this research is to develop suggestions by examining the opinions of the teacher candidates working in the schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education and Culture of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the educational supervisors' views on the fulfillment of their guidance duties and their contribution to the internship process. In order to achieve this aim, interview technique, one of the qualitative research methods, was applied. A semi-structured interview form was used as a data collection tool. Both descriptive and content analysis were used in the analysis of the data. The study group of this research consists of 11 education supervisors, 3 retired education supervisors and 74 candidate teachers working under the Ministry of National Education in the TRNC. According to the data obtained from the research findings, nearly half of the candidate teachers stated that the guidance applied to them by the supervisors was not at the desired level. When the opinions of the education supervisors were examined, it was seen that many problems were encountered while performing their guidance duties. These problems are generally; insufficient number of vehicles, lack of branch supervisors, transportation difficulties, excessive workload, and long process in investigation tasks. In order for education supervisors to fulfill their duties efficiently, it has been revealed in the research that studies should be carried out to solve these problems that have been going on for years.

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