The aim of this research is to reveal the perceptions of pedagogical formation certificate program students about education and ideal education concepts through metaphors. In this research, the phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research designs, was used. The study group consisted of 98 pedagogical formation certificate program students studying at Nizip Education Faculty of Gaziantep University in 2018-2019 academic year. The data of the study was collected through a structured

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... view form prepared by the researchers. The data obtained was transferred to computer media and analyzed by content analysis. The participants presented 69 different metaphors about the concept of education. Among these metaphors; tree, book, life and horse racing metaphors were used the most. Metaphors for the concept of education are grouped under 11 conceptual categories. Eight of these categories have positive features, while three have negative features. 74 different metaphors were put forward by the participants about the ideal education. Among these metaphors; life, sapling, book and playground metaphors were used the most, respectively. Metaphors for the concept of ideal education were gathered under 11 conceptual categories.