INVESTIGATION OF OPINIONS OF TEACHER CANDIDATES FOR BACHELOR SCIENCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHER PROGRAMME: SAMPLE FOR EDUCATION FACULTY OF KASTAMONU UNIVERSITY

The objective of this research is to determine the satisfaction level of the students who arebeing educated in primary school mathematics teacher programme and generally to identifytheir views about the programme. In accordance with the views gathered from the students,main disciplines,faculties and even universities may take some precautions which will increasethe satisfaction level of students by changing some issues. The content analysis was appliedfor the analysis of the obtained data which description screening model methodology wasconsidered. The study was performed with 101 teacher candidates, 38 of whom in 2nd class,48 of whom in 3rd class and 15 of whom in 4th class, who are being educated in KastamonuUniversity, Education Faculty of Primary School Mathematics Teachers Programme in 2012-2013 Spring period. 1st class pupils were not taken into the scope of the study since it is desiredthat they would not have sufficient information regarding the university education. The dataof the research were collected via the open ended questions asked to the candidate teacherssuch as “Did you prefer Mathematics Teaching willingly?” and “Are you happy with beingeducated in this programme?” “Please write your views with the reasons” As a result, it canbe concluded that the candidates of Primary School Mathematics Teachers in Kastamonu whocontinue the programme are happy with mathematics education, however they are unhappywith the fear of not being appointed and the restrictive possibilities of the university.