摘要：This study is designed to determine the relationship between self-esteem of pre-school teachercandidates and their liking of children. The study group of this study is composed of 339 pre-school teachercandidates studying at early childhood education departments of Mevlana, Necmettin Erbakan and SelcukUniversities located in Konya. In this study, in order to measure the self-esteem of pre-school teacher candidates,‘‘Coopersmith Self-Esteem Scale’’ developed by Coopersmith in 1967 and to measure love of children, ‘‘BarnettLiking of Children Scale’’ developed by Barnett and Sinisi in 1990 were used. Questionnaire results wereanalyzed by SPSS/WINDOWS 16.0 statistical toolbox. Based on the analysis results, gender and class have apositive effect on self-esteem and liking of children. In addition, a mid-level positive correlation is determinedbetween self-esteem and liking of children.
关键词：Pre-School Teacher Candidate; Self-Esteem; Liking of Children
