Abstract:

Learning styles of prospective teachers, their attitudes towards teaching profession and whether there is a difference in their attitudes according to their learning style were tried to be examined. Study group composed by total 306 (163 female and 143 male) prospective teachers who are studying their first year in Muğla University. Descriptive method used in this study. According to research findings, prospective teachers predominantly prefer accomodating and diverging learning styles. Learning styles prospective teachers do not show differences depending their disciplines or study fields. Attitudes of prospective teachers towards teaching profession have been found considerably high (mean= 135.22). According to findings of the study, the average points of attitude scale are showed that there is no significant difference depending fields of study and learning styles while there is a positive difference for girls. Besides, it is found that there is a difference between the average points of attitude scale of prospective teachers in the department social science and science.

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