Abstract:

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between teaching profession perception and professional anxiety levels of prospective teachers. A total of 387 prospective teachers, participating pedagogical formation certificate program, voluntarily participated in the study where descriptive and relational survey models were used. According to the results of the study, the prospective teachers within the scope of the study have moderate levels of professional anxiety and perception, the average scores in the teaching profession perception scale were significant in favour of the female prospective teachers, prospective teachers who participated in the program to do the teaching profession afterwards, who preferred a teaching department in university entrance exams priorly and who will take the Public Personnel Selection Exam (PPSE). The average scores in the professional anxiety scale were found to be significant in favour of male prospective and employed prospective teachers. In addition, it was determined that there was a low, positive, and meaningful relationship between prospective teachers’ teaching profession perception and professional anxiety levels. Based on the findings of the present study, experimental studies to decrease their professional anxiety levels and increase their level of professional perceptions of prospective teachers are recommended for further research.

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