Abstract
The aim of this research is to examine the social skills of visual arts teacher candidates according to their personality traits in terms of different variables. In the research, relational screening method was used in the descriptive survey model, which is a sub-pattern of quantitative research methods. The study group consists of 193 students (135 female, 58 male) studying in the first-year, second, third and fourth grade and above classes in Trabzon University Faculty of Fatih Education, Fine Arts Education Department, Arts and Crafts Education Program in the 2019-2020 academic year. Personal information form, international personality inventory and social skill inventory were used to collect the research data. SPSS 23.0 package program was used to analyze the obtained data. When the findings of the study regarding the relationships between the personality and social skill scores were analyzed, it was determined that there were significant relationships between the personality and social skill scores.
 
 Keywords: Art Education, Personality, Social Skills
Highlights
In developed societies, art is an indicator of the social, economic and cultural development levels of societies
The aim of this research is to examine the social skills of visual arts teacher candidates according to their personality traits in terms of different variables
The aim of the research is to examine the social skills of visual arts teacher candidates according to their personality traits
Summary
Art is an indicator of the social, economic and cultural development levels of societies. J. Langbehn argues that art emphasizes the importance of art in the education of individuals, emphasizes subjectivity and humanism, enhances the pleasure of art and strengthens creativity and gives souls to individuals (San, 2003: 121). ; visual arts teachers are an important factor. Qualified and well-trained visual arts teachers will affect student learning. As Karacaoğlu (2008) stated for teachers; the more sufficient the teacher, the more the students will learn and the permanence of the learning will increase. This is a valid view for visual arts teachers
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