Formation of University students' interest in the teaching profession

Abstract

Professional interest can be effective in many areas such as completing the education during university education, effective in the decision to change the field of study, effective in terms of satisfaction with the learning process, and academic success. The aim of this study is to determine the interests of teacher candidates studying at the faculty of education towards the teaching profession. In the research, qualitative research method was used. The study group of the research consists of 250 teacher candidates studying at the education faculties of two different universities in the 2020-2021 academic year. Semi-structured interview forms prepared by the researchers were used as data collection tool. The reason for choosing the qualitative data method is to learn the views of the students in detail. Future generations are the work of teachers. And whether they can do this job in the best way is related to professional interest. If we look at the general result obtained from this research, trainings can be given to increase the attitudes and interests of teacher candidates towards this profession. It can be said that both the answers they gave in the choice of profession and their knowledge about the profession were quite negative.

Keywords: University, education, teacher candidate, interest, professional knowledge