Metaphoric Beliefs of Teachers about Occupational Practices

The aim of this study was to examine the beliefs of teachers about occupational practices through the metaphors they developed. The occupational practices, mostly experienced in their own schools, held in September and June annually. The study was designed as a descriptive quantitative research comprising of 150 teachers. The research data was collected from those teachers of Muratpa？a district of Antalya through “Metaphors Teachers Survey Towards the Occupational Practices” developed by researchers. Data applied content analysis was divided into two categories “occupational practices” and “ideal occupational practices”. Occupational practices period grouped into ten themes and ideal occupational practices grouped into nine themes. The important findings of study are that nearly all of the teachers have generated negative metaphors about the occupational practices and nearly all of the teachers have generated positive metaphors about the ideal occupational practices. The theme of “occupational practices as a wasted time and fruitless actions” has been the mostly observed metaphor theme and The theme of “ideal occupational practices as instructive actions and benefit-providing actions” has been the mostly observed metaphor theme