Reflectıons about the publıc personnel selectıon exam ın educatıonal settıngs (opınıons of faculty members)

The purpose of this research is to determine the effects of the Public Personnel Selection Examination (PPSE) in educational settings, that is, how the PPSE affects the education given at faculties of education where teacher candidates are trained and also to contribute to the content or system change efforts that are being considered. In line with this aim, the opinions of 20 professors working in the faculties of education at five different universities were obtained. The research study is qualitative in nature and it was designed as a case study. The obtained data were analyzed through content analysis. The results showed that students opinions about the PPSE negatively influenced the education given in faculties of education; that 4th year students did not attend classes nor participated in them in order to prepare for the PPSE; that the students did not consider the subject courses that were not tested in the PPSE as important, and that they had low motivation due to the high stress caused by the PPSE. Moreover, it was found that faculty members had the opinion that students perceptions about the PPSE negatively influenced the education given at Faculties of education and the students own views about the education given.