Abstract

This study attempts to identify attitudes of Turkish pre-service teachers’ attitudes toward
teaching profession. Data was obtained from 195 last grade students in the Department of Turkish
Education, in Dokuz Eylul University. The tool that was used for data collection is called “Attitude Scale
Towards Teaching”. ANOVA and t-test were employed to analyze the data. The findings have indicated
that variebles such as the gender and preference arrangement in OSS proved to be significant on the
attitudes of the students, whereas, variables such as the type of high school and existence of a teacher in
the family had no impact.

Key words: Teaching profession, attitude, Turkish pre-service teachers.