Assessment of Prospective Teachers' Preference for Career Choice in Terms of Sustainability

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the occupational choice preferences of prospective teachers considering some different situations in terms of sustainability. This descriptive model research was carried out with 402 prospective teachers. Frequency and percent were used for data analysis. According to the results, most of the participants come from the social sciences area. The adaptation of the education department and the departments that want to be educated has been examined. When the compliance rates are examined, it is seen that the values are very low. That is, prospective teachers are not in the areas where they want to study. On the other hand, 15.92% of the prospective teachers want the field of education. Although the rates of integration of education on the basis of department are very low, in sectoral and field surveys, this ratio is 50% and above in the fields of business-economy-management, sport, language-literature, social sciences.