A study on teacher candidates’ learning strategies

Abstract

Advancements in science and technology launched a new age. The most important feature of this age which is called information age is the intense usage of information technologies and information production which became important rather than material products. All the societies have naturally entered into this process of transformation and change. Students should be conscious of the way they learn, have the skills of following their own learning, know their learning styles, know and select the strategies they can use while learning and learn how to use them in order to adapt themselves to this change. One of the most efficient ways of acquiring or making individuals acquire the skills of learning how to learn is to teach individuals how to use the learning strategies. The purpose of the present research is to determine whether learning strategies usage level of prospective teachers changes or not in terms of their gender, department of study, the time they spare for studying and their planning of studying.