The determination of the critical thinking tendencies of teacher candidates

This research was carried out to determine the critical thinking tendencies of teacher candidates studying in the educationfaculties of universities in North Cyprus. The study was carried out with the participation of 874 teacher candidates studyingin the North Cyprus. In the research, which was carried out within the frame of the screening model and used the datacollection tool the California Critical Thinking Tendencies Measure, it was concluded that the critical thinking tendencies ofthe teacher candidates were generally on a positive line, and that significant differences existed between teacher candidatesof different gender and nationality. Besides this, no significant differences were detected when the critical thinkingtendencies of teacher candidates were compared with regards if they took courses which coincided with the approach ofcritical thinking.