Abstract:

The objective of this study is to identify the views of prospective Visual Arts Teachers on their professional anxieties. Within that scope this study has been patterned as a descriptive study that fits into the processes of any qualitative research. Semi-structured interview technique has been employed in this study. The population of the research includes "the third and fourth graders junior and senior students receiving undergraduate education in Art Teaching Undergraduate Program of Atatürk University" during the spring term of 2014-2015 academic year. The sampling of this research entails 7 male and 5 female junior students 3rd graders in Art Teaching Undergraduate Program in Atatürk University; 6 male and 7 female senior students 4th graders totaling to 25 students. The findings obtained at the end of this research manifested that a considerable majority 92% of prospective teachers coped with assignment anxiety assignment to state schools as teachers . The most potent causes underlying assignment anxiety were reported to be social pressure 40% and increasing number of graduates each year 36%

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