Investigation of the Views of 4th Grade Pre-service Mathematics Teachers on the Characteristics of A Good Mathematics Teachers

In this study, the characteristics of mathematics teacher were investigated according to the 4th grade pre-service mathematics teachers. As it is aimed to examine the thoughts of pre-service teachers was used a case study of qualitative research methods. The study group consisted of 50 pre-service mathematics teachers 39 female and 11 male. The data obtained through from pre-service teacher with structured interviews were analyzed by content analysis. Themes and the sub-dimensions of themes were determined with analyzing the data. In this context, attitudes towards the course, personal characteristics, field knowledge and professional knowledge themes were obtained. As a result considering the characteristics of the themes, it was determined that the lesson and mathematics loving features came to the forefront under the theme of attitude towards the lesson. In the theme of personal characteristics; self-loving, self-development, being like the profession, understanding the students and have been found to be friendly features. It has been determined that features of associating with the daily life and being expert in the field come to the forefront in the field information theme. In the subject of professional knowledge, it is concluded that students have characteristics such as taking into consideration the readiness levels, using materials, eliminating the negative prejudice, a dominate the class, embodying the abstract concepts, making the lesson fun and associating with other lessons. Considering of these characteristics done training will be very useful in ensuring that students learn more effectively