Analysing the Messages Received by Prospective Turkish Language Teachers from Their Environment in Terms of Gender Roles

Gender roles affect individuals in society in every aspect from the distribution of responsibilities within the family to the choice of profession and job, from clothing style to behavioural characteristics. Each individual is affected by this influence process to a different extent in different subjects. Because each family instils codes similar to the cultural structure in which it is located. The individual continues to apply these codes in the socialisation process. After the family, the first socialisation area begins to experience these roles in educational institutions. In the educational environment, students encounter people who will be role models for them. In this context, in this study, it was aimed to examine the messages received from their environment during the socialisation process of Turkish language teacher candidates from different age groups studying at a state university in western Turkey in terms of gender roles. In the study, a personal information form and a semi-structured form were used to collect data for each participant. The semi-structured form consisted of 3 open-ended questions related to the scale. The form was asked to the field experts before the application. It was finalised by making arrangements in line with the feedback from the field experts. Of the Turkish language teacher candidates participating in the study, 69.7% were female students and 30.3% were male students. In line with the findings obtained from the research, it is possible to say that male participants received more messages from their parents and friends about expressing their feelings about the traditional gender role and appearing strong, while female participants were exposed to messages focused on placing women in a more passive and passive position and dragging them to a secondary status.