Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences

Yazarlar: Cigdem Hürsen, Aylin Kaplan

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Critical thinking,Teacher candidates,Education,University

Özet: This research was carried out to determine the critical thinking tendencies of teacher candidates studying in the education faculties of universities in North Cyprus. The study was carried out with the participation of 874 teacher candidates studying in the North Cyprus. In the research, which was carried out within the frame of the screening model and used the data collection tool the California Critical Thinking Tendencies Measure, it was concluded that the critical thinking tendencies of the teacher candidates were generally on a positive line, and that significant differences existed between teacher candidates of different gender and nationality. Besides this, no significant differences were detected when the critical thinking tendencies of teacher candidates were compared with regards if they took courses which coincided with the approach of critical thinking.   

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