Abstract:

The aim of this research is to evaluate the views of teacher candidates about unethical behaviours in the learning-teaching process. The research is a qualitative study to examine the views of teacher candidates about unethical behaviours in the education process. The study group of the research consists of 30 teacher candidates studying at Dicle University Ziya Gökalp Faculty of Education, mathematics education department in the 2022-2023 academic year. In this study, a semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher by examining the literature was used as a data collection tool. Content analysis and descriptive analysis were used together in the analysis of the data. According to the research findings, the unethical behaviours of the teachers in the education and training process were determined as "Injustice", "Irresponsibility", "Insult", "Discrimination", "Missing the lesson" and "Disregarding the student" according to the prospective teachers. When the unethical behaviours of the students are examined, it is seen that the behaviours such as boiling the lesson, cheating, disrespect, disrupting the classroom discipline, being late for the lesson, having someone else do homework, lying and damaging public property come to the fore. According to the teacher candidates, the most unethical behaviours of teachers in the assessment and evaluation process are listed as "Discrimination in grading", "Assessment being subjective" and "Not making assessments appropriate for the level".

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