Abstract
With the influence of social, economic and political change, the education system has undergone many changes in various periods, which in turn has affected training of teachers. With the recent change in the implementation of the Pedagogical Formation Education Certificate Program in Turkey, a decision is being made whether the students or graduates who meet the requirements can receive pedagogical formation training, regardless of faculty positions. Considering that the training of qualified teachers is possible with the participation of those who want to perform this profession consciously, it is thought that the reason why the teacher candidates prefer the teaching profession is very important. This study, aiming to reveal the reasons for the education of pedagogical candidates trained in the pedagogical formation of this program, is a qualitative research conducted with 243 participants from eight different fields, employed and unemployed, students and non-students, who are studying at the faculty of education at a state university. The results of the analysis of the data obtained in written form asking the participants for their reasons to take pedagogical formation education and to elaborate their thoughts in detail are in general anxiety for job finding, career making and self-improvement, desire to perform teaching profession and necessity. Participants have indicated that their desire to perform teaching profession is based on their desire to perform a profession that they dream of, desire to gain an additional advantage, desire to meet the need for the required documentation, and thinking that professional conditions are suitable. In addition, it is noteworthy that the thoughts of the teacher candidates from different fields differed in this context.
Highlights
It is generally accepted that it is an inevitable necessity to train qualified individuals who can adapt to the change process in today's world where fast developments are experienced in each field
The themes that emerged from the analysis of the obtained data were in the form of job finding anxiety, career making and self-improvement desire, necessity and desire to perform teaching profession
Of the teacher candidates have attributed the reasons for getting education to job finding anxiety, 191 to desire to perform teaching profession for various sub-reasons, and 9 to necessity
Summary
It is generally accepted that it is an inevitable necessity to train qualified individuals who can adapt to the change process in today's world where fast developments are experienced in each field. The profession of teaching is at the forefront considering that the task of training qualified individuals at this point belongs to the education system. In this context, since the efficiency of the education system is directly proportional to the training of the human power in the desired quality, profession of teaching is considered as one of the most important parts of the education system [1, 2]. The profession is a collection of activities based on knowledge and skills, performed by individuals to earn their living, of which the rules are defined by the society and obtained by certain education [3]. The profession of Teacher is defined in the article 43 of the National Education Basic Law numbered 1739 as "a specialization profession that takes on the task of government's education, training and related administrative duties" [6]
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