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The aim of this research is to compare the teaching candidates’ perceptions of the concept of violence through metafores. For this purpose, the Faculty of Education has compared whether the concept of violence is perceived through which metaphors by teachers candidates in the fields of numerical, social, verbal, foreign languages and art and whether there are differences between them according to some demographic characteristics. In the research, a semi-constructed survey form was used as a data collection tool. The form consists of two separate sections that demographic variables and participants are asked to complete the phrase "Violence is because..." In the study, metaphoric data about the concept of violence of teachers candidates were obtained from written explanations about the concept of violence. The research has been used by the "event science" of the quality research patterns. Metaphoric content analysis was used to evaluate the collected data. The data is first summarized in frequency and percentage tables. The sample of the study; 2016-2017 educational year's second half is formed by teachers candidates at the University of Trakya Education Faculty located in Edirne. The research work group consists of teachers candidates at the University of Trakya School of Education. In the study, a result section was created by comparing the categories that teachers candidates developed regarding the concept of violence.

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