Abstract:

The aim of this study is to examine the tolerance levels of prospective teachers with various variables. The variables to be examined for this purpose are; education level of the parents, socioeconomic level, high school type graduated, and grade level of prospective teachers. The study sample of the research consists of 112 students in the 1st and 4th grades who study in the Department of Primary Education in Kastamonu University, Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool Education. As a data collection tool, 'Teacher Candidate Scale of Student Candidates', which consists of 15 item sand 4 sub-dimensions (Empathy, Importance, Harmony and Attitude) adapted by Turkish by Gül, Karataş and Borkoev (2018), wasused. The data obtained were entered into the SPSS program, and percentage and frequency from the descriptive statistics, t test for groups independent of difference tests, anova test was used for variables with more than 2 options. Separate analyzes were made for each sub-dimension. As a result of the research; No significant difference was found in the educational status of the students, socioeconomic levels, high school types graduated, and university class levels, and a significant result was found in favor of the father who had undergraduate and graduate education in the attitude subscale of the father education status.

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