“…Furthermore, there are many studies in the literature which reveal that teacher candidates' gender affects their attitudes towards teaching profession (Cramer, 2004;Çapri & Çelikkaleli, 2008;Çetinkaya, 2009;Pehlivan, 2004;Sağlam, 2008;Terzi & Tezci, 2007). In addition, there are studies which reveal that teacher candidates' teaching competencies differ according to gender (Çakır, Erkuş, & Kılıç, 2000;Kalaian & Freeman, 1994;Şeker, Deniz, & Görgen, 2005) and subject field (Demirtaş, Cömert, & Öner, 2011;Çakır, Kan, & Sünbül, 2006;Gürbüztürk & Şad, 2009). These results were effective in determining the variables of the research.…”