Analysis of Teacher Candidates` Attitudes Towards the School Experience Course

Authors : Murat KANGALGİL, Fatih ÖZGÜL, Serdar KOCAEKŞİ, Kürşad DÖNMEZ

Pages : 174-190

Doi:10.54141/psbd.1089417

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Publication Date : 2022-12-20

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The study aimed to determine the attitudes of the preservice teachers who have taken the school experience course. The participants consist of 3rd and 4th-grade students who studied at the Faculty of Education and Faculty of Sport Sciences during the 2017-2018 academic year at Sivas Cumhuriyet University. A total of 303 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(60.6%); female and 197 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(39.4%); male preservice teachers participated in the study. “Attitude Scale Towards School Experience Courses” developed by Kılınç and Salman insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2007); was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics and One Way Analysis of Variance insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ANOVA); tests were used to analyze the data. According to the findings, the total scores of the preservice teachers\` attitudes towards the school experience scale were high, and the preservice teachers reported positive attitudes towards the school experience course. As a result, preservice teachers showed a positive attitude towards the school experience course, and the learning outcomes of the school experience course have been reached. In line with the findings obtained as a result of the study, suggestions were made to teachers and researchers.
Keywords : Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, School Experience Course