The aim of this study is to examine the level of individual innovation and the professional innovativeness tendencies of the primary school teacher candidates. Scanning model was used in the research. The population of the study consists of 192 primary school teacher candidates studying in the faculty of education. Kiliçer and Odabasi's (2010) Turkish adaptation of "Individual Innovativeness Scale" and "Professional Innovativeness Tendencies Scale" developed by Yilmaz, Sogukçesme, Ayhan, Tuncay, Sancar ve Deniz (2014) and personal data form is used as a data collection tool. The mean points of individual innovation of teacher candidates is found at low levels. While the individual innovation points of the primary school teacher candidates differ according to the level of the father education, it is found that the professional innovation tendencies differ according to the grade level. It was concluded that there was a moderate, positive and significant relationship between the individual innovation points of the primary school teacher candidates and the professional innovativeness tendencies. In this respect, the participation of primary school teacher candidates should be encouraged for scientific activities such as conferences, seminars and workshops on topics such as innovation, creativity, problem solving and critical thinking.