Self-Efficacy, Learning Strategies and Learning Styles of Teacher Candidates: Anadolu University Example

The general aim of this study is to analyze the self-efficacy and learning styles and strategies of the prospective teachers, who are studying at Anadolu University, in terms of various variables. The singular research designs will be applied in order to describe the existing situation. The singular research design will be used to define self-efficacy perceptions and learning styles that student teachers have and the learning strategies they use. The research population of the study consists of the student teachers who were assigned by “convenience sampling” among the student teachers studying at different teacher education programs and levels at Anadolu University Faculty of Education. Three different assessment tool will be benefited for data collection. “Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale” will be used in order to assess the self-efficacy perceptions of student teachers. “Kolb Learning Styles Inventory III” will be applied to define the learning styles of the student teachers. And to define the learning strategies of the student teachers Learning Strategies Scale will be used. For the analysis of the data collected during the study statistical analysis and techniques such as frequency and percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, independent samples t-test, one-way analysis of variance will be operated. The research found that teacher candidates self-efficacy levels are somewhat adequate, and that they use the strategies of understanding, emotional and emotional monitoring more often, they use organizational and repetition strategies less often and have the most discriminating learning style.