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The aim of this research is to determine the factors that affect the attitudes of the teacher candidates towards the teaching profession. The research was conducted on a total of 206 students attending Science Teaching Programs in the Primary Education Department (n=42), and Biology (n=52), Chemistry (n=38), Mathematics (n=49) and Physics (25) Programs in the Secondary Education Department of Buca Education Faculty, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey. The sample consists of 54.4 % females and 45.6% males. In this research, Scale for the Attitudes Towards The Teaching Profession, the reliability level of which is .82, and which was developed by Aşkar and Erden (1987), and Personal Information Form, consisting of 16 questions, were administered to the sample. The data were analyzed by One-Way Analysis of Variance, t and Scheffe Tests, and SPSS 8.0 statistical package program was made use of. The results of the research have discerned that the attitudes of students towards the teaching profession were at the “medium” level and were affected by department, father’s attitude, rank of the department preference, reason of the department preference, being pleased with attending the department and with the given education. Key Words : Prospective teacher, Attitude towards teaching profession.

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