Examination of Preschool Teacher and Teacher of Mentally Retarded Candidates’ Opinions about Mainstreaming

This study aimed to assess opinions of preschool teacher and teacher of mentally retarded candidates’ opinions about mainstreaming. This research was conducted with 110 teacher candidates who study in the departments of Preschool Teaching (third year) and Teaching the Mentally Retarded (second year) in a private university in Nicosia in TRNC. Demographic information form which was composed of 4 questions about teacher candidates and attitude scale which was composed of 30 items related with mainstreaming were used in this research. According to the answers given to the surveys, it was determined that teacher candidates should be made more conscious about mainstreaming.