@article{2017,title={PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHER METAPHORS AND THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARDS SCHOOL PRINCIPALSHIPS (THE CASE OF AHI EVRAN UNIVERSITY)},abstractNode={The study aims to describe pre-service teachers’ perceptions of teacher metaphors and their attitudes towards school principalships. The study is conducted based on descriptive research method. Two different scales were used to measure pre-service teachers’ metaphor perceptions and their attitudes towards school principalship; the Scale of Teacher Metaphors in Classroom Management, and the Scale of the Attitudes towards School Principalship. The study was carried out with voluntary pre-service teachers attending different teacher training programs in Ahi Evran University. The results reflecting teacher metaphors indicated that the highest arithmetic mean was observed in administrative role, and the lowest mean was observed in guardianship role dimensions. In terms of the pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards school principalship, the results revealed that the highest arithmetic mean was measured in personal qualification dimension, while the lowest mean was measured in the dimension of the desire to become school principal. Moreover the results indicated that there is a significant relationship between pre-service teachers’ metaphor perceptions and attitudes towards school principalship; and their perceptions and attitudes significantly differ in terms of gender and programs.},author={Cemalettin İPEK},year={2017},journal={The Journal of Social Sciences}}