Abstract:

This study investigates the professional anxiety levels of candidate teachers according to some variables. This is a descriptive research and has been designed as survey method. The research group consisted of candidate teachers who studied pedagogic education at Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University during the 2016-2017 academic year. The research group of the study was comprised of 523 candidate teachers selected by means of easily accessible sampling method. “Personal Information Form” used to obtain demographic information of the candidate teachers and “Professional Anxiety Scale” were applied as a data collection tool. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis-H tests were used for data analysis. The research findings suggested that the level of professional anxiety of candidate teachers was low, and the mean of professional anxiety scores did not differ significantly according to gender but significantly differed according to perfectionism of candidate teachers and their empathy ability.

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