Religious Culture and Ethics Courses and Imam Hatip High School Vocational Course Teacher Candidate’s Opinions on the Public Personnel Selection Exam and Field Knowledge Tests for Teachers

This research aims to examine the opinions of teacher candidates about the DKAB-OABT applied since 2013 and the IHL-OABT exams that have started to be held since 2018. The research was carried out with the case study method, one of the qualitative research designs. The study group of the research consisted of 25 teacher candidates who graduated from various faculties of theology and who took the OABT exam at least twice, determined by the purposive sampling method. In this context, the data of the research were obtained through a semi-structured interview with 3 open-ended questions. In the analysis of the data, themes were created using content analysis. It has been concluded that during the preparation process for the OABT exam, the most frequently used resources by teacher candidates are OABT lecture books, digital content, OABT question banks and trial exams. It has been determined that the majority of the participants are of the opinion that the education given in the undergraduate level is "adequate" in preparation for the exam, since the theology education at the undergraduate level is qualified and the course content is comprehensive. However, it was determined that the participants found the content validity of the OABT sufficient and stated that the OABT questions coincided with the undergraduate education of theology, covered most of the compulsory courses, and the question distribution was suitable for the courses explained in the exam content by OSYM. In addition, it was concluded that the majority of the teacher candidates were of the opinion that the OABT exam should be done in a single session, since the subject and question distribution of the OABT questions were close and the exams were similar.