“…There are many studies in the literature that aim to find out the educational philosophies adopted by teachers or prospective teachers (Altınkurt, Yılmaz & Oğuz, 2012;Çağırgan Gülten & Batdal Karaduman, 2010;Doğanay & Sarı, 2003;Duman, 2008;Duman & Ulubey, 2008;Ekiz, 2007;Koçak, Ulusoy & Önen, 2012;Önen, 2011;Tekin & Üstün, 2008) and that explain educational philosophies with respect to various variables (Altınkurt, Yılmaz & Oğuz, 2012;Aslan, 2014;Aybek & Aslan, 2017;Head, 2015;Beytekin & Kadı, 2015;Biçer, Er & Özel, 2013;Bilgin, 2007;Çalışkan, 2013;Çetin, İlhan & Arslan, 2012;Doğanay, 2011;Doğanay & Sarı, 2003;Ekiz, 2007;Görmez, 2015;Ilgaz, Bülbül & Çuhadar, 2013;Kaya, 2007;Kumral, 2015;Meral, 2014;Özüdoğru, 2010;Yılmaz, Altınkurt & Çokluk, 2011;Yılmaz & Tosun, 2013;Yokuş, 2016). Also, there are studies in the literature that aimed to reveal prospective teachers' perceptions of competence (Aydın & Boz, 2010;Büyükduman, 2006;Diken, 2006;Gencer & Çakıroğlu, 2007;Gercek, Yılmaz, Köseoğlu & Soran, 2006;Küçükyılmaz & Duban, 2006;Savran & Çakıroğlu, 2001;Uygur (2010;…”