摘要：The innovations brought by the world of information and technology make social and individual change obligatory and cause changes in the education system. For this reason, teachers and preservice teachers need to adapt to social change and refresh themselves. This need for renaissance emphasizes concepts such as lifelong learning and professional competence in the professional life of individuals. The purpose of this study is to examine whether lifelong learning tendency and teacher self-efficacy are significant predictors of employment hopes of preservice teachers. The study was conducted as a relational research method, one of the quantitative research methods. The sample of the study consists of 347 4th grade students studying in the faculty of education. Pearson Moments Product Correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis were conducted in order to examine whether lifelong learning tendency and teacher self-efficacy predict employment hopes in preservice teachers. As a result of the regression analysis, the sub-dimension of perseverance of Lifelong Learning Tendency Scale and the sub-dimension of classroom management of the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale were evaluated as significant and strong predictors of employment hope in preservice teachers.
