Recollections of Prospective Teachers for Career Planning.

Career planning has been shaped by the early experiences of an individual. In order to reveal the latter, autobiographical studies, in which self-understanding were often occurred and preferred. This study aimed to investigate the role of elementary school years on prospective teachers? early experiences analyzing their autobiographies during their higher education. Data for this analysis included narrative data from autobiographies focusing on the development of career plan of individuals within a sample of 27 undergraduate students including 12 girls and 15 boys. This study revealed that negative and positive recollections on elementary school years were influential shaping the career plan of prospective teachers.