Lifelong Learning Tendencies of Primary School Teacher Candidates

Abstract

This study aimed to reveal whether the lifelong learning tendencies of primary school teacher candidates differed in terms of gender, the type of high school they graduated, their participation in courses and the type of course they attended. The research was carried out through the general survey model, which is one of the survey models. The data of the study were collected through the "Lifelong Learning Tendency Scale" developed by Diker Coskun (2009). According to the results of the research, the lifelong learning tendency scores of the teacher candidates were above the mean score of the scale. In the study, the lifelong learning tendencies of the primary school teacher candidates were compared in terms of different variables. While the lifelong learning tendencies of primary school teacher candidates differed by gender, no significant difference was revealed in terms of the type of high school they graduated. It was also concluded that the lifelong learning tendencies of primary school teacher candidates differed by their participation in various courses. This difference was found to be in favour of the candidates participating in courses. However, the lifelong learning tendencies of primary school teacher candidates did not differ by the type of the course they attended.