REVIEW OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS UNDERSTANDING OF PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER CANDIDATES IN TERMS OF SOME VARIABLES

This research is fulfilled with purpose of reviewing the professional ethics understanding of pre-school teacher candidates in terms of some variables. The sample of this research consists of 200 students receiving education in 4t h class in pre-school teaching department in Hacettepe, Gazi and Middle East Technical University. In this research, data is gathered by means of using "Personal Information Form" and “Pre-School Teacher's Ethical Behaviors Scale”. Data obtained in this study is analyzed by SPSS 20.0 package software. The frequency and percentage distribution of data is given. As a result of normality test, when examining differences between groups, Mann-Whitney U test is used in normally undistributed variables in dual groups, while Kruskal-Wallis H test is used in normally undistributed variables in more than two groups. While a significant difference is determined statistically in terms of subdimensions of Pre-school Teachers' Ethical Behaviors Scale and variables such as school type graduated, university graduate and mother's education status, no significant difference is determined statistically in terms of variables such as age, gender and father's education status. In addition, it is determined that the majority of teacher candidates who participated in this research have the professional ethics understanding.