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The goal of this study is to examine whether self esteem and professional self esteem of teacher candidates vary according to several variables. The study data was collected with “Rosenberg elf Esteem Scale”, “Arıcak (1999) Professional Self Esteem Scale” and Personal Data Form. Study findings show that self esteem of science students is higher than English literature students and self esteem is not related to gender, age, grade, type of graduted high school, higher education preference order and presence of a teacher in the family. Findings also showed that professional self esteem of teacher candidates is not related to school department, age, grade, type of graduated high school and presence of a teacher in the family; however there is a significant relationship between professional self esteem and gender and higher education preference order.

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