Candidate Teachers' Tour in Campus with Their Metaphoric Images

Abstract

In this study the experiences of candidate teachers and their metaphoric images about the components of the campus such as "faculty member, student, administration, counselor, assistant, lectures, registration office and library" are analyzed. The work group of this study consists of candidate teachers studying in Hacettepe University, The Faculty of Education, OFMA (Secondary Education Science and Mathematics Education Programme). Different from other studies the data of this research are prepared by lotus blossom technique and collected by using worksheets. In the light of the data acquired by this research, comments are made about metamorphic images of the candidate teachers which reflect their ideas in regard of the components of the campus. (c) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license.