Perceived Self-Efficacy Levels of Prospective Teachers Regarding Some Factors in the Framework of Web Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Year 2023, Volume: 7 Issue: 14, 257 - 271, 31.07.2023

Serpil Uçar , Elham Zarfsaz

https://doi.org/10.31458/iejes.1233362

Abstract

The goal of this research is to investigate self-efficacy degrees of prospective teachers from different disciplines in terms of five sub-dimension of Web Pedagogical Content Knowledge (W-PACK) and whether different factors (gender, grade, or department) significantly affect prospective teachers’ perceived self-efficacy levels or not. The study employed the survey method, a quantitative non-experimental research technique. The students, who were in second, third, and fourth grades, successfully finished the two-period first-year information technology obligatory courses. The study's findings demonstrated that pre-service teachers were quite confident in their ability to use the web and understand its general, communication, content, pedagogical, and attitudinal elements. The findings also revealed that there were no statistically significant variations in the responses with respect to gender across all of the sub-scales. Moreover, the findings demonstrated that there were no appreciable variations in any of the sub-scales of the W-PACK regarding departments. With the exception of attitude toward web-based education, there were no statistically significant variations between participant grades in the five dimensions or the perceived self-efficacy degrees of prospective teachers across all the sub-dimensions. The results of this study, however, revealed that attitudes toward web-based instruction varied considerably across the junior and senior groups. In light of the findings, technology and web-based teaching methods should be coordinated with the existing teaching curricula to provide teacher candidates with the application of content-pedagogical-technology components in an integrated manner.

Keywords

Prospective teachers, web pedagogical content knowledge, self-efficacy levels

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