: FLEXIBLE CLASSROOMS AND THEIR TEACHERS IN PRIMARY EDUCATION

Abstract

is integrated, the flexibility in the physical arrangement and the modern approach to classroom structuring, as opposed to the traditional classroom structure, and the teachers of these classrooms. The study group of the research consists of 3rd grade pre-service teachers studying at a state university education faculty in 2021-2022. In the research, the data were obtained with a semi-structured interview form. In the analysis of the obtained data, the MAXQDA 2022 program was used and the content analysis technique was used. According to the research findings, it was concluded that the participants associated their definitions of the flexible classroom with the physical arrangement the most, they preferred the u-shaped seating arrangement in their drawings of the flexible classroom, and they defined the teachers of the flexible classrooms most sociologically.