This study compared pre-service teachers' perceptions of teacher character with educators.A total of 252 pre-service teachers and 22 of educators participated in the survey. Data wereobtained through questionnaires and a MANOVA was used to analyze the data. The majorfindings of this study were as follows. First, there were significant differences of theperception of teacher character between pre-service teachers and educators in diligence,responsibility, teacher efficacy, educational belief, sense of duty. pre-service teachers's gradelevel, the experience of student teaching, the experience of educational services, and careerpath influenced the significant mean differences of the perception of teacher character betweenpre-service teachers and educators. Based on the findings, implications for the pre-serviceteachers' character were discussed. This study can be used as a basic material for developingand conducting character programs of pre-service teachers' training.