School of education faculty members' and teacher candidates' hidden curriculum approaches and examination of the relationship between those approaches

The aim of this study is to examine the hidden curriculum approaches of faculty members and teacher candidates. The sample of the study, which is a survey research, consists of data collected in the fall academic year 2022-2023. The scope of the research consists of data collected from 377 faculty members and 847 teacher candidates working in foundation and state universities in Turkey. The Hidden Curriculum Approach Scale (HCAS) developed by Talu and Tezci (2023) was used as a data collection tool to determine the hidden curriculum approaches of faculty members and teacher candidates. One-way and two-way analysis of variance (MANOVA), trend analysis, correlation analysis, Structural Equation Model (SEM) analysis for single and multiple groups were used to analyze the data obtained from the study. As a result of the research, it was understood that some variables (gender, title) showed differences in the hidden curriculum approaches of faculty members and teacher candidates in some sub-dimensions of the scale. It was understood that the hidden curriculum approaches of the faculty members and teacher candidates did not differ in the branch of science variable. As a result of the tendency analysis, it was understood that the hidden curriculum tendencies of the faculty members and teacher candidates were similar to a great extent. In addition, correlation analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between faculty members and teacher candidates' hidden curriculum approaches. As a result of SEM, it was observed that the hidden curriculum approaches of faculty members and teacher candidates were explained by the same model. It was determined that the hidden curriculum approaches of faculty members had a significant effect on the hidden curriculum approaches of teacher candidates. It is thought that determining the hidden curriculum approaches of the faculty of education faculty members and teacher candidates may contribute to the development of a new understanding of the education system. Keywords: Hidden curriculum, hidden curriculum approach, faculty members, teacher candidates, faculty of education