Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the levels of concern of Turkish geography student teachers towards the teaching profession. The study was conducted with 293 geography student teachers who are enrolled in the last class of the Geography Student Teachers Program of the Faculties of Education and enrolled in a Non-Thesis Master's Degree Program of Geography Student Teachers of Social Branches in Secondary Education and programs focusing on the educational sciences / social sciences of various universities. In the study, the concern scale with regard to the teaching profession has been used as a data collection instrument. The following results have been achieved in the study: (1) The level of concern of the geography student teachers about the teaching profession is low; (2) The geography student teachers have self-centric, task-centric and impact-centric concerns about the teaching profession, and (3) The gender and enrolled program variable is not a factor in the concerns of the geography student teachers about the teaching profession.

Key words: Concern, teaching profession, geography student teachers, teaching concerns