Yusuf TEPELÄ° [1] , Mustafa CANER [2]
For many years, training of qualified personnel and teachers in the field of education has been carried out by the education faculties of universities. In order to meet the increasing need for qualified staff from time to time, the authorized units have brought different practices to the agenda and different alternative programs have been implemented in training teachers. One of these applications is the teaching formation or pedagogical formation training, which provides the possibility of teaching to individuals who have graduated from faculties other than the education faculties of universities, provided that they meet the necessary conditions. Among the courses offered within the scope of pedagogical formation education, the teaching practice course is one of the courses that serve as a bridge between education and practice where teacher candidates can transfer their knowledge and skills acquired from theoretical courses. For this reason, knowing the opinions of teacher candidates about this course will hold an important place in restructuring teacher training policies and programs. This qualitative study was designed in line with the fact that there are not many studies on pedagogical formation education in the literature, the graduates of these programs have started to be included within the scope of teacher training policies, and their views will contribute positively to teacher training policies. With this study, the opinions of the teacher candidates who continue their pedagogical formation education about the teaching practice course were collected. Although they had worries and fears about this lesson before taking the lesson, these uneasiness disappeared after taking the lesson;
