Key In this study, it was aimed to reveal the perceptions, perspectives, and subjective opinions of social studies teacher candidates about the concept of teacher, and the meanings they placed on the concept of teacher. The general aim of the research, which is set out for these purposes, is to examine the perceptions of social studies teacher candidates about the concept of teacher through metaphors. In line with this general purpose, the following questions were sought in the research: What are the metaphors that social studies teacher candidates have regarding the concept of teacher? Under which categories can the metaphors put forward by the social studies teacher candidates regarding the concept of teacher be collected in terms of their common characteristics?The research is methodologically a qualitative research. The study group of the study consisted of 41 senior social studies teachers who studied at the Ege University Faculty of Education Social Sciences Teaching Department in the Fall Term of 2019-2020 and agreed to participate in the research. In order to collect data in the research, it is like “Teacher .........” on students. Because the forms with the expression ...........”have been distributed and asked to complete the statement on the form. Then, the forms were written by the students' own statements, and content analysis was performed on the data obtained. By examining the statements completed by the students, the papers of five students who did not make any reasoned explanation were excluded. The analysis of the data took place in four stages, naming, screening, categorizing and ensuring validity and reliability. As a result of the analysis of the data, 36 metaphors created by prospective teachers were collected under three categories. By interpreting the collected topics, it was attempted to reveal the motophoric perspectives of teacher candidates on social studies.