Preservice Teachers’ Previous Formal Education Experiences and Visions about their Future Teaching

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between candidate
teachers’ views about their previous educational experiences and visions about their future teaching. A
total of 190 preservice teachers from 4 programs of Primary Teaching Department in Education Faculty of
nönü University were taken into the sample. To collect data, a questionnaire developed by the researchers
was used. The questionnaire included 68 items related to pedagogical instructional activities. The analysis
revealed a significant association between preservice teachers’ visions about their future teaching and
their views about their previous education experiences but only at primary level. Also, significant
differences were found in terms of gender and departments between preservice teachers’ views about their
previous educational experiences and between their visions of their future teaching.