“…The following conclusions were reached as a result of the literature scan carried out within the scope of this study: In the studies carried out with prospective teachers and students metaphors expressing that mathematics is fun, joyful and enjoyable activity, in other words, mathematics provides enjoyable learning (Guner, 2013;Sahin, 2013;Kilic and Yelken, 2013;Erdogan et al, 2014;Keles et al, 2016;Sevindik and Cenberci, 2016;Kaba and Sengul, 2017;Latterell and Wilson, 2017). It was concluded in a study carried out with prospective mathematics teachers and prospective preschool teachers that mathematics is the life itself, in other words mathematics is the source of life (Guner, 2013;Keles et al, 2016;Kaba and Sengul, 2017), in another study carried out with prospective mathematics teachers themes expressing that mathematics make our lives more difficult were found (Guner, 2013).…”