Learning styles of prospective teachers, their attitudes towards teaching profession and whether there is
a difference in their attitudes according to their learning style were tried to be examined. Study group composed by
total 306 (163 female and 143 male) prospective teachers who are studying their first year in Muğla University.
Descriptive method used in this study. According to research findings, prospective teachers predominantly prefer
accomodating and diverging learning styles. Learning styles prospective teachers do not show differences depending
their disciplines or study fields. Attitudes of prospective teachers towards teaching profession have been found
considerably high (mean= 135.22). According to findings of the study, the average points of attitude scale are showed
that there is no significant difference depending fields of study and learning styles while there is a positive difference
for girls. Besides, it is found that there is a difference between the average points of attitude scale of prospective
teachers in the department social science and science.
Key words: Learning styles, attitudes towards teaching profession, prospective teachers, learning
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