@article{2015,title={EXAMINING PROBLEM SOLVING LEVELS OF PRESCHOOL TEACHER CANDIDATES},abstractNode={Teacher who has the role of model for students adds qualities from his character to children’ without recognizing it. But this imitating can be seen more in children who have just and for the first time left the family. Because teacher who is an example for children and is adopted by children except parents creates a wish for being like my teacher in child’s subconscious. Therefore the better the problems solving talent, the behaviours in class and the approach to events of preschool teachers and preschool teacher candidates are, the higher level of children for coping with problems which they experience all their life will be. Therefore our work is prepared with the purpose of examining the problem solving level of preschool teacher candidates. Fırat university constitutes the cosmos of research and first and fourth class class teacher candidates constitute the sample of research. In total 101 students have taken part in the reseach. According to results of research it is detected that while problem solving level of candidates is low and there is not a meaningful difference among the variables of sex, age, where they spend their lifes mostly on the issue of problem solving level, there is a meaningful difference in the class level.},author={Sevcan BAYRAK},year={2015},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies}}