<span lang="TR">This study examined the relationship between occupational anxiety and self-efficacy levels of prospective teachers enrolled in pedagogical formation training certificate program at the faculty of education in universities under the Council of Higher Education to teach in secondary schools and high schools in Turkey, and evaluated them based on diverse variables (gender, department, high school type, educational level of parents). It was a descriptive study using survey model. The study group comprised 236 prospective teachers. Research data were gathered through “Teaching Occupation Anxiety Scale” and “Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale”. </span><span lang="EN-GB">The study concluded that the prospective teachers’ anxiety about the teaching profession was low, whereas they had high occupational self-efficacy, and there was a moderate, negative relationship between the two variables. The study also found that occupational self-efficacy levels of the participants differed in relation to the educational level of father.</span>

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This study aimed to determine the attitudes and metaphorical perceptions of science teacher candidates towards biology lesson. In the study, a mixed method and triangulation pattern was used. A survey form developed by the researchers to determine the metaphorical perceptions of the teacher candidates about biology lesson and their demographic information and a "Biology Course Attitude Scale (BDTÖ)" were used to determine their attitudes towards the biology lesson. SPSS package program was used for analysis of quantitative data and content analysis technique was used for analysis of qualitative data. Metaphores developed by science teacher candidates are alphabetically ordered; coded, categorized, percent and frequency values are calculated. Participant teacher candidates' attitudes towards the biology lesson in general were found to be positive at the "I agree" level. As a result of the research, it was determined that the teacher candidates' attitude scores related to the biology lesson did not show any significant difference according to gender and grade levels. It was determined that science teachers candidates participating in the research had 117 valid metaphors and 57 different metaphors for the biology lesson, and the metaphors of "life" (f = 37) and "water" (f = 6) were the most frequently produced metaphors.

Values are the foundation of culture. The aim of values education is to help learners improve their social tendenciesby adopting social and universal values, support character development, raise good citizens, and enhance academicefforts and achievement. In Turkey, values education is offered in the teaching-learning process of all coursesthrough formal curricula in primary and secondary schools. However, it is “social sciences” course that directlyrelates to values education and intends to teach at least one value in every chapter. This study aimed at identifyingsocial sciences teachers' attitudes toward values education, analyse difference in attitudes based on diverse variablesand examine teacher views on values education practices in social sciences course. It is a mixed method study thatwas conducted using triangulation method. The study group comprised 135 social sciences teachers who participatedin the study on quantitative level and 45 social sciences teachers on qualitative level. Results of the study indicatedthat the teachers held positive and high attitudes toward values education, there was no significant variation inattitudes toward values education based on gender, but attitudes differed based on professional experience while theteachers held positive views concerning values education practices implemented in social sciences class, consideringthem important. They stated that “being responsible” is the least adopted value among students.