Factors effecting lifelong learning inclinations of prospecti̇ve teachers

The aim of this research is to determine the relationship of lifelong learning qualifications of prospective teachers, academic branch pleasure and wishes of career development and inclination to teacher profession with lifelong learning inclinations and their effects on it. The working group of the research is formed of 3rd and 4th grade of prospective teachers being educated at Educational Faculty in 2013-2014 semester. Totally 1123 prospective teachers participated in the research "Individualistic Information Form", "Lifelong Learning Inclination Scale", Lifelong learning qualifications scale", Academic branch pleasure scale" and "Inclination to teacher profession and career development wish scale" have been used as data collection instrument in the research. Two factor variance analyses has been used to examine the effect of demographic variables, lifelong learning qualifications of prospective teachers, academic branch pleasure and wishes of career development and inclination to teacher profession on lifelong learning inclination. While the relationships between lifelong learning inclination, lifelong learning qualifications of prospective teachers, academic branch pleasure and wishes of career development and inclination to teacher profession are being determined, Pearson Pleasure Moments Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis have been used. Also after the rhetorical model which has been formed for the basic problem of the study of has been analyzed, it has been approved by structural equality. The results taken in the research is given as: It has been found that lifelong learning inclination of prospective teachers have been high, academic branch pleasure has been at medium level, wishes of career development and inclination to teacher profession have been at low level and their lifelong learning qualifications have been higher than medium level. Whereas female prospective teachers have been found that their lifelong learning inclinations have been higher than male prospective teachers, it has been found that there is not a meaningful difference between the class levels on lifelong learning inclination. It has been reached that the effect of academic branch pleasure of prospective teachers on their lifelong learning inclinations has not been small and meaningful, the effect of wishes of career development and inclination to teacher profession of prospective teachers on their lifelong learning inclinations has been at medium level and has been meaningful, the effect of lifelong learning qualifications of prospective teachers on lifelong learning inclinations has been meaningful and at large level. Whereas a positive and meaningful relationship has been found between lifelong learning inclinations of prospective teachers and lifelong learning qualifications of prospective teachers and career development wishes, a positive and meaningful relationship at low level has been found between lifelong learning inclinations of prospective teachers and their academic pleasure. As a result, while the best predictor of lifelong learning inclinations have been found as lifelong learning qualifications; academic branch pleasure predictor has been at low level. It has been found that 55% of variance of lifelong learning inclinations of prospective teachers defines lifelong learning qualifications, 51% of it defines wishes of career development and inclination to teacher profession and 0.054% defines academic branch pleasure. By taking the research results into account to provide the prospective teachers to be a lifelong learner, their lifelong inclinations can be increased by organizing seminars and Project studies which will increase the prospective teachers career orientations and development with lifelong learning skills development programs. Key words: lifelong learning inclination, lifelong learning qualification, teaching profession, academic branch, career development