Evaluation of Teaching Practice Course According to Opinions of Teacher Candidates

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to specify the opinions of teacher candidates who are in the
department of Primary School Teaching about the course of teaching practice. Around this general purpose it
was asked the opinions of teacher candidates about the evaluation of themselves, practice teachers and the
instructors in terms of instructional process in teaching practice course. The sample of the study was totally 146
fourth grade teacher candidates from the department of primary school teaching. The data was obtained by
means of an instrument that was developed by the researchers. The analysis of the data was actualized with
percentile and frequency calculations. The most important result of the study pointed out that the teacher
candidates were perceived themselves as sufficient and well in many aspects of instructional process. Similarly,
it was determined that the scoring of teacher candidates as under achievers were very low by the instructors and
practice teachers. According to another finding, teacher candidates found themselves as not sufficient in
dealing with individual differences of the students and using mother language efficiently