Perceptions of social studies prospective teachers about the ability of class management skills

This study aims to determine perceptions of social studies prospective teachers about the ability of classroom management skills. In this context, whether perceptions of social studies prospective teachers differ about ability of classroom management skills according to gender, grade level, university of education was examined. This research is a descriptive research in scanning model.The study group of research consists of 1. and 4.grade social studies prospective teachers studing at Social Studies Department of Education Faculties at Kastamonu University and Gaziosmanpaşa and Gazi University during the 2012-2013 academic year. In this research ?Classroom Management Skills Scale?, developed by İlgar (2007), was used as a means of data collection. The data obtained from the study participants were analyzed using SPSS 13.0 statistical software package. Frequency and percentage analysis mean and standard deviation values were used in data analysis. The differences of between perceptions were analyzied by t test and one way anova. As a result of the study, it was found that perceptions of social studies prospective teachers about ability of classroom management skills are `good? level. While perceptions of social studies prospective teachers ability of classroom management skills don?t indicate a meaningful difference according to gender, they indicate a meaningful difference according to grade level. Perceptions of fourth grade prospective teachers are higher than perceptions of the first grade prospective teachers. Social studies teachers' perceptions of ability of classroom management skills vary significantly according to the university they are studying. Perceptions of social studies prospective teachers studying at Gaziosmanpaşa University about ability of classroom management skills are higher than perceptions of prospective teachers studing at Kastamonu University and Gazi University about ability of classroom management skills. Key words: Social Studies, Prospective Teachers, Class Management Skills