Student Teachers’ Preparedness to Teach: The Case of Turkey

Öznur Ataş Akdemir

doi:10.5539/ies.v12n3p90

Abstract

In this research, it is aimed to investigate the level of student teachers’ preparedness to teach in terms of different variables. To this end, a descriptive survey study is conducted with 211 undergraduate students studying at the faculty of education of a Turkish public university. The data is collected with The Preparedness to Teach Scale. Standard deviation, arithmetic mean, frequency, percentage, t test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Scheffe and LSD (Least Significant Difference) test are used in data analysis procedure. According to the results, it is found that student teachers’ level of preparedness to teach, understanding learner, designing effective learning environment, designing the process of teaching and technopedagogical competencies are at sufficient level. Additionally, while there isn’t any difference between the levels of student teachers’ preparedness to teach in terms of gender, there are some differences between them in terms of their departments and class levels. Some suggestions based on the result of the present study are directed at researchers and practitioners.

Highlights

The rich potential of human beings can be expanded to the highest level by the help of an education system which deals with the human beings entirely, puts the human beings in the center and arranges the contents and methods according to students
Regardless of the fact that the education programs are well-designed or the schools are equipped with the latest technologies or all the utilities of a country are mobilized for the education, none of them works without qualified teachers
The present study aims to examine student teachers’ level of preparedness to teach in terms of different variables

Summary

Introduction

The rich potential of human beings can be expanded to the highest level by the help of an education system which deals with the human beings entirely, puts the human beings in the center and arranges the contents and methods according to students. Human beings’ quality, knowledge, skill and virtue depend on their education. If the societies do not provide education which is required to expand their real potential and if they don’t educate their members as qualified people, these societies cannot reach the level of the developed societies. In today’s global information society in which the skill, virtue and the knowledge increase incrementally to create good, conscious and productive person, the importance of providing the best educational opportunities to children, the most important human resource for the future of the society, increases day by day. A decent education can only be provided by highly qualified teachers (Ereş, 2007; Özcan, 2011)

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