PROFILE ANALYSIS OF STUDENT TEACHERS’ CURRICULUM BELIEFS

The aim of this study is to examine the profiles of student teachers’ curriculum beliefs. A total of 647 student teachers participated in the study. Participants’ curriculum beliefs were assessed by the Curriculum Orientation Inventory. Both correlation and cluster analyses were used in the data analysis. Findings of the study showed that student teachers’ curriculum beliefs could be investigated through academic, cognitive processes, social-reconstructionist, humanistic, and technological factors. Findings also demonstrated that the relationships among student teachers’ curriculum beliefs are positive and moderate, and these beliefs could be defined in two distinct clusters, entitled High Level Curriculum Beliefs and Low Level Curriculum Beliefs.