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• TITLE: Pre-Service Teachers’ Comments toward Official Teacher Selection System (Civil Servant Selection Examination, KPSS) in Turkey: A Qualitative Analysis

  AUTHORS: Ilker Ugulu, Nurettin Yorek

  KEYWORDS: Teacher Selection, Pre-Service Teachers, Opinion, Qualitative Analysis

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.3 No.9, September 15, 2015

  ABSTRACT: The purpose of this research is to investigate the opinions of the pre-service teachers toward teacher selection system and civil servant selection exam (KPSS). In this study, qualitative re-search methods and semi-structured interviews were used and researcher-made questionnaires containing open-ended questions were administered. The study group consists of 100 pre-service teachers from four departments (elementary education, biology education, Turkish education, and mathematics education) in Balikesir University (in western Turkey). Pre-service teachers reported that KPSS was not an appropriate examination to select a qualified teacher. Pre-service teachers suggest that both an oral and written examination process should be applied instead of KPSS.