Evaluating Teacher Education Curricula in Terms of Facilitating Teacher Competencies

This study aims at evaluating teacher training curricula in terms of teacher competencies. Phenomenology, one of the qualitative methods, is used in this study. Participants of the study are the final year students and lecturers at the Faculty of Education. Data is collected with interviews for teacher candidates and a questionnaire form including open-ended questions. Data were analysed by constant comparative analysis. According to the results of the study, the competencies which teacher candidates and lecturers, at the most, referred are; (1) Flexibility, tolerance, objectiveness; (2) Content/subject knowledge, (3) Communication skills. Courses to fulfill these competencies are professional courses and media and art based courses.