Correlation Between Pre-Service Teachers' Teaching-Learning Conceptions and Their Student Control Ideologies

The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between pre-service teachers' teaching-learning conceptions and their student control ideologies. For this purpose, correlations survey method was adopted in this study in order to find answers to the research questions. According to Pearson's moments correlation analysis carried out in the study, it was found out that there was a significant negative correlation between pre-service teachers' constructivist teaching-learning conception and their student control ideologies. Also, it was found that there was a significant positive correlation between pre-service teachers' traditional teaching-learning conception and their student control ideologies. On the other hand, according to the results of the regression analysis, it was found out that pre-service teachers' teaching-learning conceptions predicted their student control ideologies significantly.