The Examination of Turkish Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes to the Functionality of Field Knowledge Courses and the Efficiency of Courses' Content, Material and Range of Theory-Practice Distributions regarding Various Variables

In the present study, it is aimed to estimate the views of the pre-service teachers on the functionality of the "Field Knowledge Courses" (FKC), taught in the recent Turkish Education Undergraduate Program (TEUP) in 2006-2007 academic year, in their professional life, content (topic, scope), material (book, article, etc.) and on the efficiency in the range of theory-practice distributions. 605 pre-service teachers, senior students from the department of Turkish Education, at the Faculty of Education of 14 universities participated to this study. This study was designed in the format of general survey model. The data collected through "The Attitude Scale of Turkish Candidate Teachers' Field and Professional Knowledge Courses" was applied in the study and the collected data was analyzed at SPSS 17 software. In the study, in respect to the views of the pre-service teachers, it was found that FKC was at a high level functionally, at an average level in content, and at a low level in material and theory-practice distributions. Also, it was revealed that the views of pre-service teachers on the FKC showed significant differences depending on the universities they are from. On the other hand, it was stated that the general grade-point average was not a significant predictor in the views of the Turkish pre-service teachers' about the FKC.