Abstract :
The main purpose of this study is to reveal of perceptions of the Art Education Department students related to the concept of Visual Arts Education through metaphor. All the 266 formal and the second instruction students studying in the Karadeniz Technical University Fatih Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts, Painting Department of Education, in the spring semester of 2011-2012 academic year, consist the study group. For the collection of data, students were asked to fill the gaps in the phrase of Visual Arts Teacher is like .....; because ...... In this study to answer the following questions were asked: What are the Visual Arts Teacher candidates metaphors related to concept of “teaching”? Visual Arts teacher candidates metaphors related to “teaching” concept, can be collected under which conceptual categories”? In this context, the process of analyzing and interpreting metaphors developed by the participants: (1) determination of metaphors (2) classification of metaphors (3) development of category (4) to ensure the validity and reliability and (5) transfer of the data to SPSS package program for quantitative data analysis, took place in five stages. According to the findings of the study, participants produced 86 valid metaphors. These metaphors are collected under eight different conceptual categories in terms of common features. According to the findings of the study, metaphors can be used as a powerful research tool in understanding and explanation of personal perceptions of Visual Arts Teacher candidates related to teaching concept has been concluded.
