Self Efficacy Perceptions Of Turkish Teacher Candidate

The main purpose of the study is to investigate Turkish teacher candidates’ self-efficacy levels according to their gender, kind of education, graduated type of high school and academic achievement. In the study data was collected by “Turkish Teacher Candidates’ Self Efficacy Perception Scale” developed by the researchers. The scale consisting of five sub-factors is five-item Likert-type scale. 351 Turkish teacher candidates whose 179 female and 172 male attended to the study. * Yrd. Doç. Dr., Mehmet Akif Ersoy Ü. Eğt. Fak. Türkçe Eğt. Böl. El-mek: hakanulper@gmail.com Yrd. Doç. Dr. Mehmet Akif Ersoy Ünv. Eğitim Fak. Türkçe Eğitimi Bölümü, BURDUR. El-mek: hbagci26@hotmail.com 1116 Hakan ÜLPER – Hasan BAĞCI Turkish Studies International Periodical For the Languages, Literature and History of Turkish or Turkic Volume 7/2 Spring 2012 The participants of the study consisted of 4th grade students enrolled in Turkish Teaching Departments of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Inönü University, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Sakarya University, Gaziantep University, Dokuz Eylül University and Gazi University Faculties of Education. Data was analysed by using SPSS 15.0 package program. The results of the study indicated that, Turkish teacher candidates’ self-efficacy levels is “good”. Turkish teacher candidates' self-efficacy scores did not show any changes according to their gender, kind of education, graduated type of high school. But it was observed that according to academic achievement Turkish teacher candidates’ self-efficacy scores there was significant relationship.