THE EVALUATION OF THE LEARNING STYLES THAT THE TEACHER CANDIDATES OF INONU UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHING HAVE ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT VARIABLES

şule fırat durdukoca ¹ , Sebahattin Arıbaş ¹

This study has been done to confirm the learning styles of the teacher candidates who study at Inonu University, department of primary school education Primary School Teaching Programme become different or not according to social-economic factors. The sample of this study has been built up by the 260 students who attend Inonu University, Faculty of Education, Department of Primary School Education, Primary School Teaching Programme. The personal data of the students who take place in the sample group have been obtained by the researcher using “Personal Data Form” and the data related with learning styles have been designated by using “Kolb Learning Styles Inventory” which was developed by Kolb. For the analysis of the data, Kruskal Wallis H Test, Mann Whitney U Test, Varyans Analysis, t-test, Scheffe Test have been used. Apart from this, according to the class level of the teacher candidates, their fathers’ occupations and the level of their mothers’ income, meaningful differences have been found between the learning styles.

Keywords
Learning Style , Kolb’s Experiences Learning Theory, Education, Primary, Teacher Candidates,