AN ANALYSIS OF CANDIDATE TEACHERS’ VIEWS ON THE EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGY USE IN EDUCATION OVER CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Year 2016, Volume: 13 Issue: 3, 51 - 65, 29.12.2016

Lütfü İlgar

Abstract

Technology has been
developing rapidly in our age and it has influenced every aspect of our lives
as well as education and teaching. In our country, the use of technology for
education is considered to be the means of catching up with developed countries
by improving quality and a great deal of investment is made on this field.

The purpose of this
research is to determine the perspectives of candidate teachers towards how
educational technology affects classroom management, what its advantages and
disadvantages are, what sort of classroom management challenges they may
encounter, and so on.. The research was conducted on 336 students from the
Department of Primary Education at Hasan Ali Yücel Faculty of Education. The
personal information form and the questionnaire form prepared by the researcher
were used in this study as data collection tools. According to the research,
candidate teachers support the use of technology in education; they think that
the use of technology affects classroom management, the use of technology is a
factor that incurs concerns and the use of technology must be very well known
to achieve good classroom management. Additionally, they state that the use of
technology for education influences the communication and the atmosphere in the
class, it partially obstructs classroom control, undesired behaviors may vary
between classrooms where technology is used or not used, and the number of
students referred to the disciplinary committee will increase.

Keywords

classroom management, educational technologies, the use of technology for education

An Analysis of Candidate Teachers’ Views On the Effect of Technology Use in Education Over Classroom Management

Abstract

Technology has
been developing rapidly in our age and it has influenced every aspect of our lives
as well as education and teaching. In our country, the use of technology for
education is considered to be the means of catching up with developed countries
by improving quality and a great deal of investment is made on this field.

The purpose of
this research is to determine the perspectives of candidate teachers towards
how educational technology affects classroom management, what its advantages
and disadvantages are, what sort of classroom management challenges they may
encounter, and so on.. The research was conducted on 336 students from the
Department of Primary Education at Hasan Ali Yücel Faculty of Education. The
personal information form and the questionnaire form prepared by the researcher
were used in this study as data collection tools. According to the research,
candidate teachers support the use of technology in education; they think that
the use of technology affects classroom management, the use of technology is a
factor that incurs concerns and the use of technology must be very well known
to achieve good classroom management. Additionally, they state that the use of
technology for education influences the communication and the atmosphere in the
class, it partially obstructs classroom control, undesired behaviors may vary
between classrooms where technology is used or not used, and the number of
students referred to the disciplinary committee will increase.

Keywords

classroom management, educational technologies, the use of technology for education

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