Abstract:

This study aimed at investigating the pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards the teaching profession in terms of their motives and demographics. This study was designed as a relational screening model. The participants were composed of 222 pre-service teachers studying at Gaziosmanpasa University. The data were collected using personal information form and the profession of teaching attitude scale. In order to determine whether the attitude scores differ in terms of gender and their motives, independent-samples t-test was conducted. As for the grade and age variables, One-Way ANOVA and Pearson correlation analysis were run. The analyses concluded that participants’ attitudes towards teaching profession didn’t differ in terms of their grade. However, significant differences were determined in terms of gender and motives. Within this context, female participants and participants choosing teaching profession with internal motives had significantly higher attitudes towards teaching profession when compared to other participants.

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