Author(s): Ebru ALTUN** Sinan ÇINAR*** Sümeyye ERENLER**** Sema DEMİRCİ
As a review study, this study was done to present what kind of studies were done with science teacher candidates, in which areas were studied and what kind of deficiencies were in years 2010-2015. In this scope ULAKB?M data base was searched by using “science teacher candidate” as key word and 160 articles that had been published in academic journals were reached. After examination of content of articles, 15 of them were eliminated that were out of the scope of subject and the research was achieved with 145 articles. In the studies it was obtained that the subjects such as examining opinions, identifying metaphors, examining attitudes, determining misconceptions, identifying self-efficacy, were mostly examined. According to research results it was obtained that most of the studies done with teacher candidates at different levels were done based on quantitative approach and survey methods. It was also obtained that the general of studies done with survey method were towards examining of relation between different scales or comparison of teacher candidates from different branches in related scope. It was also found out that number of experimental studies or studies based on qualitative approaches were not many
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