Candidate teachers' aspects about corporal punishment

The aim of this study is to determine and evaluate the candidate teachers? aspects in context of different variables about corporal punishment which exists in educational system as a disciplinary punishment technique.The research has been conducted in Fırat University, Faculty of Education, Department of Elementary in 2006-2007 academic year and it has included 297 fourth grade students at the preservice Social Studies, Classroom Teaching and Science Teaching Courses.A five-point Likert-type scale developed by the researcher was used as the data collection tool in the study. Independent-Samples t-test, percent and frequency, one way ANOVA, LSD, KWH and MWU tests were used to analyze the data.In light of the findings, the candidate teachers? aspects about corporal punishment are differ from each other according to gender, and preservice departments. The candidate teachers are against corporal punishment in general. The most important consequence of the study is the existence of the disapproving corporal punishment as a problem-solving strategy.Key Words: Discipline, Violence, Corporal Punishment.