Importance of Pedagogy Courses on Preservice Teachers’ Professional Development

Purpose of this study is to identify preservice teachers’ views on pedagogy courses. the study was conducted with seventy-two final year preservice teachers enrolled in elementary and early childhood education programs at a university established in marmara region. in this qualitative study, data were collected through open-ended questions. result of this study revealed that thirty-eight of elementary preservice teachers and twenty early childhood preservice teachers indicated that pedagogy courses had positive impact on their views towards teaching profession. some preservice teachers indicated that the courses did not change their views about teaching profession.