Abstract
This study aimed to determine the variables predicting the attitudes of Turkish special education preservice teachers towards the teaching profession. The study was carried out using a relational screening model among the quantitative research methods. The participants of the study consisted of 308 (163 females, 145 males) special education preservice teachers. The research data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Academic Motivation Scale, Life Satisfaction Scale, Professional Self-Esteem Scale, and Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale. The Pearson correlation coefficient and hierarchical regression analysis tests were used to analyze the data. The results of the study demonstrated that the preservice teachers' attitudes were predicted by the variables of professional self-esteem, amotivation, intrinsic motivation, and self-efficacy, while the life satisfaction and extrinsic motivation variables were not significant predictors of attitudes towards the teaching profession
Highlights
This study aimed to determine the variables predicting the attitudes of Turkish special education preservice teachers towards the teaching profession
Discussion & Conclusion In this study, to what extent special education preservice teachers' attitudes towards the teaching profession are predicted by the academic motivation, life satisfaction, professional self-esteem, and self-efficacy variables was investigated
The results of the study revealed that all variables except for extrinsic motivation and life satisfaction, which are the sub-dimensions of academic motivation, are significant predictors of attitude towards the teaching profession
Summary
This study aimed to determine the variables predicting the attitudes of Turkish special education preservice teachers towards the teaching profession. The results of the study demonstrated that the preservice teachers' attitudes were predicted by the variables of professional self-esteem, amotivation, intrinsic motivation, and self-efficacy, while the life satisfaction and extrinsic motivation variables were not significant predictors of attitudes towards the teaching profession. Based on these findings, it was suggested to create environments that could improve teaching profession of special education teacher candidates. The Variables Predicting the Attitudes of Turkish Special Education Preservice Teachers Towards the Teaching Profession. To conduct current studies on determining the attitudes of preservice teachers and the variables affecting these attitudes is very important
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